This paper deals with two ways in which uncertainty notions enter social science models:
1) They can be used in an effort to make intelligible some phenomena that would otherwise be difficult to comprehend, or
2) They can be use to generalize or modify the domain of validity of some theoretical results.
@article{urn:eudml:doc:38856, title = {Imprecise notions in individual and group decision theory: Resolutions of Allais paradox and related problems.}, journal = {Stochastica}, volume = {6}, year = {1982}, pages = {283-303}, zbl = {0519.90006}, language = {en}, url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/urn:eudml:doc:38856} }
Nurmi, Hannu. Imprecise notions in individual and group decision theory: Resolutions of Allais paradox and related problems.. Stochastica, Tome 6 (1982) pp. 283-303. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/urn:eudml:doc:38856/