Money-Pump Arguments (Paperback)

Johan E. Gustafsson

ISBN 10: 1108718957 / ISBN 13: 9781108718950

Edité par Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2022

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Paperback. Suppose that you prefer A to B, B to C, and C to A. Your preferences violate Expected Utility Theory by being cyclic. Money-pump arguments offer a way to show that such violations are irrational. Suppose that you start with A. Then you should be willing to trade A for C and then C for B. But then, once you have B, you are offered a trade back to A for a small cost. Since you prefer A to B, you pay the small sum to trade from B to A. But now you have been turned into a money pump. You are back to the alternative you started with but with less money. This Element shows how each of the axioms of Expected Utility Theory can be defended by money-pump arguments of this kind. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. This Element shows how Expected Utility Theory can be defended by money-pump arguments. The Element also defends money-pump arguments from the standard objections to this kind of approach. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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• Titre: Money-Pump Arguments (Paperback)
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Date de parution: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1108718957
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781108718950
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: new

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Suppose that you prefer A to B, B to C, and C to A. Your preferences violate Expected Utility Theory by being cyclic. Money-pump arguments offer a way to show that such violations are irrational. Suppose that you start with A. Then you should be willing to trade A for C and then C for B. But then, once you have B, you are offered a trade back to A for a small cost. Since you prefer A to B, you pay the small sum to trade from B to A. But now you have been turned into a money pump. You are back to the alternative you started with but with less money. This Element shows how each of the axioms of Expected Utility Theory can be defended by money-pump arguments of this kind. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.