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Canadian Journal of Philosophy Volume 45, 2015 - Issue 5-6: Belief, Action, and Rationality over Time
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Risk, rationality and expected utility theory

Richard PettigrewDepartment of Philosophy, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 798-826 | Received 03 Oct 2015, Accepted 05 Nov 2015, Published online: 08 Jan 2016

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