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Logic, Co-Ordination And The Envelope Of Our Beliefs, Rohit J. Parikh
Logic, Co-Ordination And The Envelope Of Our Beliefs, Rohit J. Parikh
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Each of us has a story which we can think of as a set of beliefs, hopefully consistent. We make our decisions in view of our beliefs which may be probabilistic, in the general case, but simple yes or no as in this paper. Our beliefs are our envelope just as the shell of a tortoise is its envelope.
Decision theory - or single agent game theory tells us when to make the best choice in a game of us against nature. But nature has no desire to further or frustrate our efforts. Nature is mysterious but not malign.
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