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H. Orri Stefánsson
I am Professor of Practical Philosophy and Wallenberg Academy Fellow at Stockholm University, and Researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. My current research mostly concerns how one should cho uncertainty, including situations where one suspects that the outcome of one’s actions (or inaction) could be catastrophic.
H. Orri Stefánsson - What is the point of private offsetting?
H. Orri Stefánssonis Associate Professor (Docent) of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University, Pro Futura Scientia Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, and Researcher and Advisor at
Orri Stefánsson: Does Global Justice Demand Solar Geoengineering?
Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with H. Orri Stefánsson, Professor of Practical Philosophy and Wallenberg Academy Fellow at Stockholm Un
On the ratio challenge for Comparativism
Australasian Journal of Philosophy, p. 1-11. Abstract This paper discusses a challenge for comparativists about belief, who hold that numerical degree of belief (in particular, subjective probability) i
How Valuable are Chances?
Philosophy of Science, Vol. 82, No. 4, p. 602-625. DOI: 10.1086/682915 Abstract Chance Neutrality is the thesis that, conditional on some proposition being true (or being false), its chance of being true
Fair Chance and Modal Consequentialism
Economics and Philosophy, Volume 31, Issue 03, p. 371-395. Abstract This paper develops a Multidimensional Decision Theory and argues that it better captures ordinary intuitions about fair distribution o
Desire, Expectation, and Invariance
Mind, Volume 125, Issue 499, Pp. 691-725. Abstract The Desire-as-Belief thesis (DAB) states that any rational person desires a proposition exactly to the degree that she believes or expects the proposit
What Is ‘Real’ in Probabilism?
Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Pages 1-15, Received 11 Dec 2015, Published online: 04 Sep 2016 Abstract This paper defends two related claims about belief: first, the claim that, unlike numerical d
Desirability of Conditionals
Synthese, Volume 193, Issue 6, pp. 1967–1981DOI: 10.1007/s11229-015-0823-0 Abstract This paper explores the different ways in which conditionals can be carriers of good and bad news. I suggest a general
Counterfactual Desirability
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 68(2), 2017: 485-533. Abstract The desirability of what actually occurs is often influenced by what could have been. Preferences based on such value de
