Barrett and Arntzenius ’ S Infinite Decision Puzzle
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The Barrett and Arntzenius (1999) decision paradox involves unbounded wealth, the relationship between period-wise and sequence-wise dominance, and an infinite-period split-minute setting. A version of their paradox involving bounded (in fact, constant) wealth decisions is presented, along with a version involving no decisions at all. The common source of paradox in Barrett– Arntzenius and these other examples is the indeterminacy of their infinite-period split-minute setting.
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