10.17863/CAM.12119
Liu, Yang
0000-0001-8865-4647
The sure-thing principle and P2
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository (staging)
2017
Bayesian decision theory
The sure-thing principle
Dominance principle
Conditional preference
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository (staging)
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository (staging)
2017-12-05
2017-12-05
2017-10
Article
0165-1765
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/269957
1873-7374
This paper offers a fine analysis of different versions of the well known sure-thing principle. We show that Savage's formal formulation of the principle, i.e., his second postulate (P2), is strictly stronger than what is intended originally.