Causal decision theory and decision-theoretic causation

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Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 508-526

  Hitchcock, Christopher Read ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34247253731     PISSN: 00294624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2216116     Document Type: Article

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