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The remarks below are an attempt to systematize the relations that exist between decision making and the study of future. Also, they list some open problems that arise in this connection.
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Cf.Richard Jeffrey, The Logic of Decision, McGraw-Hill, 1965.
I am here following closely the argument in K. Szaniawski, “Prognoza a podejmowanie decyzji” [Prognosis and Decision-Making], in: Studia z teorii i metodologii prognozowania społecznego [Studies in Theory and Methodology of Social Prognosis], ed. by A. Siciński and A. Rażniewski, PWN, 1976.
Cf. I.J. Good, “Information, Rewards and Quasi-Utilities”, in: Science, Decision and Value, ed. by J. Leach, R. Butts and G. Pearce, D. Reidel Publ. Co, 1973.
A more detailed description may be found in K. Szaniawski: “Two Concepts of Information”, Theory and Decision 5, 1974, 9–21 [see this volume, pp. 157–166.].
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Szaniawski, K. (1998). Decision-Making and Future Research Some Theoretical Problems. In: Chmielewski, A., Woleński, J. (eds) On Science, Inference, Information and Decision-Making. Synthese Library, vol 271. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5260-0_21
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