Idealisations in normative models.
In this paper I discuss the kinds of idealisations invoked in normative theories-logic, epistemology, and decision theory. I argue that very often the so-called norms of rationality are in fact mere idealisations invoked to make life easier. As such, these idealisations are not too different from va...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 190; no. 8; pp. 1337 - 1351 |
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