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Life is rich with moments of uncertainty, where we’re not exactly sure what’s going to happen next. We often find ourselves in situations where we have to choose between different kinds of uncertainty; maybe one option is very likely to have a “pretty good” outcome, while another has some probability for “great” and some for “truly awful.” In such circumstances, what’s the rational way to choose? Is it rational to go to great lengths to avoid choices where the worst outcome is very bad? Lara Buchak argues that it is, thereby expanding and generalizing the usual rules of rational choice in conditions of risk.Support Mindscape on Patreon.Lara Buchak received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University. She is currently a professor of philosophy at Princeton. Her research interests include decision theory, social choice theory, epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of religion. She was the inaugural winner of the Alvin Plantinga Prize of the American Philosophical Association. Her book Risk and Rationality proposes a new way of dealing with risk in rational-choice theory.Web sitePrinceton web pagePhilPeople profileGoogle Scholar publicationsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Life is rich with moments of uncertainty, where we’re not exactly sure what’s going to happen next. We often find ourselves in situations where we have to choose between different kinds of uncertainty; maybe one option is very likely to have a “pretty good” outcome, while another has some probability for “great” and some for “truly awful.” In such circumstances, what’s the rational way to choose? Is it rational to go to great lengths to avoid choices where the worst outcome is very bad? Lara Buchak argues that it is, thereby expanding and generalizing the usual rules of rational choice in conditions of risk.Support Mindscape on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a>.Lara Buchak received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University. She is currently a professor of philosophy at Princeton. Her research interests include decision theory, social choice theory, epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of religion. She was the inaugural winner of the Alvin Plantinga Prize of the American Philosophical Association. Her book <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/risk-and-rationality-lara-buchak/9821589?ean=9780198801283" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Risk and Rationality</a> proposes a new way of dealing with risk in rational-choice theory.<ul><li><a href="http://www.larabuchak.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Web site</a></li><li><a href="https://philosophy.princeton.edu/people/lara-buchak" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Princeton web page</a></li><li><a href="https://philpeople.org/profiles/lara-buchak" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">PhilPeople profile</a></li><li><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zZcrJhoAAAAJ&amp;hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Google Scholar publications</a></li></ul> See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

220 | Lara Buchak on Risk and Rationality

Popular theories like game theory try to explain why people find it rational to accept risk when making decisions, especially economic ones. But as thinkers such as Kierkegaard and Pascal argued, accepting risk factors into the greatest questions of life, such as whether or not to profess faith in a particular religious creed or philosophy. Join us for a lecture from Prof. Lara Buchak (Princeton) on how our understanding of rationality and risk can help us understand what faith is and when it might be rational to have faith.Lara Buchak is a Professor in the Philosophy Department at Princeton University.This lecture was given at the Morningside Institute on May 7, 2021. The Morningside Institute brings scholars and students together to examine human life beyond the classroom and consider its deepest questions through the life of New York City. For more information about upcoming events, please visit https://www.morningsideinstitute.org.

Popular theories like game theory try to explain why people find it rational to accept risk when making decisions, especially economic ones. But as thinkers such as Kierkegaard and Pascal argued, accepting risk factors into the greatest questions of life, such as whether or not to profess faith in a particular religious creed or philosophy. Join us for a lecture from Prof. Lara Buchak (Princeton) on how our understanding of rationality and risk can help us understand what faith is and when it might be rational to have faith.Lara Buchak is a Professor in the Philosophy Department at Princeton University.This lecture was given at the Morningside Institute on May 7, 2021. The Morningside Institute brings scholars and students together to examine human life beyond the classroom and consider its deepest questions through the life of New York City. For more information about upcoming events, please visit <a href="https://www.morningsideinstitute.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.morningsideinstitute.org</a>.

What Does Game Theory Say about the Philosophy of Religion? — Lara Buchak

Dr Lara Buchak What is Faith? January 29 2014

Brad Armendt (ASU) comments on Lara Buchak's "Risk and Tradeoffs" at the 9th Formal Epistemology Workshop (Munich, May 29–June 2, 2012).

Comments on Lara Buchak's "Risk and Tradeoffs"