Imprecision and Irrationality (Graduate)
Syllabus
Sessions:
​Sept 7 (both): Multidimensionality and imprecision  (Handout)
  • No reading
Sept 14 (Caspar): What is multidimensionality? (Handout) Sept 21 (Kevin; Caspar traveling): Introduction to Probability and Decision Theory Sept 28 (Caspar): Incommensurability and spectrum paradoxes
  • Hajek and Rabinowicz 2022, Degrees of incommensurability and the repugnant conclusion
  • ?? Hare, The Great Spectrum Paradox??
  • [Correct paper]: Hedden, Consequentialism and Collective action
  • Hedden, Parity and Pareto [Oops wrong paper]
October 5 (Caspar): Uncertainty and dominance principles
  • Hare 2010, Take the Sugar
  • Schoenfield 2014, Decision-making in the face of parity
October 12 (Caspar, Harvey visits): Is there really incomparability? October 19 (Kevin): Imprecise credences
  • White 2010, Evidential symmetry and mushy credence
  • Schoenfield 2012, Chilling out on epistemic rationality
October 26 (Caspar; Kevin traveling): Implications for ethics
  • TBD
November 2 (Kevin): Higher-order uncertainty November 9 (Kevin; Rahul Bhui visiting): Compromise and Repulsion effects
  • Bhui2022, A rational account of the repulsion effect
  • Shenoy2013, Rational preference shifts in multi-attribute choice: what is fair?
November 16 (Both):  Sticking to your guns in a multidimensional world November 23: No class (Thanksgiving)
November 30 (Kevin): Ambiguity Aversion
  • Ellsberg 1963
  • Bradley, Chapter 13
December 7 (You!): Student presentations
December 20: PAPER DRAFTS DUE