Satan, Saint Peter and Saint Petersburg: Decision theory and discontinuity at infinity

Bartha, Paul; Barker, John; Hajek, Alan

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Satan, Saint Peter and Saint Petersburg: Decision theory and discontinuity at infinity

Date

2014

Authors

Bartha, Paul

Barker, John

Hajek, Alan

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

We examine a distinctive kind of problem for decision theory, involving what we call discontinuity at infinity. Roughly, it arises when an infinite sequence of choices, each apparently sanctioned by plausible principles, converges to a 'limit choice' whos