A Plea for Plausibility Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book develops an original theory of decision-making based on the concept of plausibility. It relies on a generalized concept of plausibility whose strength is its adaptability.Plausibility can be adapted to decisions informed by sharp probabilities and utilities as well as to decisions that must be made without them. It can aid in the rationally critical enterprise of discriminating good arguments from bad, and this can lead to philosophical progress. The author advocates plausible reasonin...