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On The Descriptive Adequacy of Levi's Decision Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2008

Patrick Maher  and
Yoshihisa Kashima
Patrick Maher
Affiliation:
University Of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
Yoshihisa Kashima
Affiliation:
La Trobe University
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Economics & Philosophy , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , April 1991 , pp. 93 - 100
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