:One view of practical reasoning is that it involves the weighing of reasons. It is not clear, however, how the weights of reasons combine, especially given the logical and substantive relations among different reasons. Nor is it clear how the weighing of reasons relates to decision theoretic maximization of expected value. This paper constructs a formal model of reasons and their weight in order to shed light on these issues. The model informs philosophical debates about reasons, such as the question of whether reasons or values are more fundamental and the opposing doctrines of atomism and holism about reasons.

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比较价值和理由的重要性

: 实践推理的一种观点是，它涉及对理由的权衡。然而，尚不清楚原因的权重如何组合，尤其是考虑到不同原因之间的逻辑和实质关系。也不清楚原因的权衡如何与期望值的决策理论最大化相关。本文构建了一个正式的原因模型及其权重，以阐明这些问题。该模型为有关原因的哲学辩论提供了信息，例如原因或价值是否更基本的问题以及关于原因的原子论和整体论的对立学说。