razionalizzazione della speranza

Abstract

The rationalization of expectation, here considered as ‘hope’ regarding a possible future, has been declined not with the aim of eliminating uncertainty about the future (which is assumed as an immanent and ineliminable feature of the World) but as aimed at defining a rational behavior in deliberation in conditions of uncertainty. A ‘freely’ rational behavior, in that supported by coherent arguments. This coherency does ensure the success of the action chosen by the deliberating subject, but rather makes this action acceptable by the reference community in the light of its consequences.

Keywords

• mathematical expectation
• choice
• probability