Talk:Decision making

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[edit] Intention

Two comments apply to the following:

"It is a construction that imputes commitment to action. That is, based on observable actions, we assume that people have made a commitment to effect the action."

First, " ... commitment to action" may be problematic because it may be too strong. How about 'It is a construction that imputes an intention to act or believe.' I am thinking of the case where I decide that a color is mauve and another case where I decide that I do feel hurt that I wasn't invited to my friend's birthday celebration. In either of those cases, I do not think we're prepared to say that a commitment to action can be imputed to me.

Second, rather than _assuming_ that a person has made a commitment to effect an action or has settled on a belief, don't we actually _conclude_ that .... ? It seems more flexible to allow that our conclusion was erroneously reached than that our assumption was false, when we say 'John decided to lose money by betting against Secretariat.' We don't _assume_ that John intended to lose money based on the fact that he bet against Secretariat, do we? We _conclude_ that that must have been his intention after the fact, in conjunction with some general principle such as 'All people who bet are trying to gain money' and a specific statement such as 'Secretariat is very likely to win."

[edit] Decision Making in Academia

This comment seems spiteful (or maybe just irreverent). It should be deleted.

Done. (I forgot that I wasn't signed in) Dujang Prang 14:26, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Decision making software

What about adding Decision making tools list? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jusperstb (talk • contribs) 10:38, 15 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] This article is a jumble

At the very least the following distinct areas are being covered:

  • Social/Organizational decision making
  • Formal decision-making algorithms
  • Decision-making heuristics
  • Individual decision making

It doesn't make a lot of sense to include all of these. I would welcome points of view about which of these points are best covered in some other article to which we ought to direct users. I also don't think that any of these are comprehensively covered. DCDuring 14:36, 11 October 2007 (UTC)