Author and Citation Information for "The St. Petersburg Paradox"
[Editor's Note: The entry titled The St. Petersburg Paradox has been retired. The last published version is available in the Winter 2017 Archive Edition.]
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Peterson, Martin, "The St. Petersburg Paradox", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2023 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2023/entries/paradox-stpetersburg/>.The citation above refers to the version in the following archive edition:
- Fall 2023 (substantive content change)
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Older versions of "The St. Petersburg Paradox" are available in the following editions:
- Summer 2022 (minor correction)
- Fall 2020 (minor correction)
- Fall 2019 (new, rewritten entry) [new author(s): Peterson, Martin]
- Fall 2017 (minor correction)
- Summer 2014 (minor correction)
- Summer 2013 (substantive content change)
- Winter 2011 (minor correction)
- Fall 2008 (minor correction)
- Summer 2008 (substantive content change)
- Fall 2004 (substantive content change)
- Fall 2001 (minor correction)
- Summer 2001 (substantive content change) [title change]
- Spring 1999 (substantive content change)
- Winter 1998 (first archived) [author: Martin, Robert]
BibTeX Citation String (Current Version in Fall 2023 Archive)
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@InCollection{sep-paradox-stpetersburg,
author = {Peterson, Martin},
title = {{The St. Petersburg Paradox}},
booktitle = {The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
editor = {Edward N. Zalta and Uri Nodelman},
howpublished = {\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2023/entries/paradox-stpetersburg/}},
year = {2023},
edition = {{F}all 2023},
publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}