Conditioning and the Sure-Thing Principle

Robert Aumann, Sergiu Hart and Motty Perry

Discussion Paper Series from The Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Abstract: This paper undertakes a careful examination of the concept of conditional probability and its use. The ideas are then applied to resolve a conceptual puzzle related to Savage's "Sure-Thing Principle."

Date: 2005-06
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