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A Global Wellordering of Norms Defined via Blackwell Games

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We define a global order of norms using strongly optimal strategies in Blackwell games and prove that it is a prewellordering under the assumption of the Axiom of Blackwell determinacy.

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Löwe, B. A Global Wellordering of Norms Defined via Blackwell Games. Order 22, 85–92 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11083-005-9003-z

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