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The Puzzle of the Hats

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

The Puzzle of the Hats is a betting arrangement which appears to show that a Dutch book can be made against a group of rational players with common priors who act in the common interest and have full trust in the other players’ rationality. But we show that appearances are misleading—no such Dutch book can be made. There are four morals. First, what can be learned from the puzzle is that there is a class of situations in which credences and betting rates diverge. Second, there is an analogy between ways of dealing with situations of this kind and different policies for sequential choice. Third, there is an analogy with strategic voting, showing that the common interest is not always served by expressing how things seem to you in social decision-making. And fourth, our analysis of the Puzzle of the Hats casts light on a recent controversy about the Dutch book argument for the Sleeping Beauty Problem.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2010

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

57-78

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Synthese

Volym

172

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Springer

Ämne

  • Philosophy

Nyckelord

  • Sequential choice
  • Strategic voting
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • Dutch Book
  • Betting rates
  • Puzzle of the Hats
  • Credences
  • Rational choice
  • Rationality

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0039-7857