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A Short Note on the Infinite Decision Puzzle

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Garcia-Fronti, Javier

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This work draws on the Supertask literature1 in order to better understand the conceptual and physical possibility of an infinite decision puzzle presented by Barrett and Arntzenius (1999, 2002). The first section presents the puzzle and two possible objections documented in the literature. The next section argues that cardinality and tracking considerations play a key role in understanding the puzzle. The work concludes with a discussion about some implications for the decision theory.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 9571.

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Keywords: supertask infinite decision puzzle

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G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
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  1. Jeffrey Barrett & Frank Arntzenius, 2002. "Why the Infinite Decision Puzzle is Puzzling," Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 52(2), pages 139-147, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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