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The order of the authors' names is based only upon age and (or?) wisdom. The authors wish to thank Robert Goldsmith, Sören Halldén, Bengt Hansson and Isaac Levi for helpful criticism and comments.
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Gärdenfors, P., Sahlin, NE. Unreliable probabilities, risk taking, and decision making. Synthese 53, 361–386 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00486156
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