Self Initiated Project	MaMMID
13^th May 2003	Darren Stevens

Proposed project title

“Can’t decide”

Aims of the project

Is it truly possible to decide when all outcomes are equal?

And what approaches can be utilised in the process of decision-making?

I would like to research into the possibilities of decision-making when all outcomes are of equal value to the situation.

Is it necessary to impose criteria’s onto the process?

What criteria(s) should be imposed (a decision in itself), and should these be accepted?

If no criteria are available, do you pick one, many or all of the outcomes available?

Initially the project will be purely research based to learn about the present thought in this area.

A possible user focus interaction system to convey the results of the project.

A better personal understanding of how to make a decision in a world of multiple equal value choices.

Library (research)

Internet (general research within reason)

Computer programming, for presentation and algorithms.

Limitation/restriction, in art terms, compositional framing device.

(universalism, post modernism, free will, algorithms, relativism.

Free Will, Ed. Derek Pereboom.

Freedom and Choice Affirmed, Corliss Lamont.

Modern Philosophy, Roger Scruton.

Choice Theory, Michael Allingham.

Harvard Bibliography

NAME, A. year. Title. 1^st edn. place of pub. publisher.

FLEW, A. 1984. A Dictionary of Philosophy. 3^rd edn. London. Pan Books Ltd.

ROBINSON, D & GROVES,J. 1999. Introducing Philosophy. 2^nd edn. Cambridge. Icon Books Ltd.

HAWKING, S. 1995. A Brief History of Time. 2^nd edn. Toronto, New York, London, Sydney, Auckland. Bantam Books.

Scruton, R. 1997. Modern Philosophy, An Introduction and Survey. 2^nd edn. London, Sydney, Auckland, Parktown. Arrow Books.

ALLINGHAM, M. 2002. Choice Theory, A Very Short Introduction. 2^nd edn. New York. Oxford University Press.