ABSTRACT
Given the important role that intentions play in the way we make decisions, we would expect intentions to occupy a substantial place in any theory of action. Surprisingly enough, in what is perhaps the most influential theory of action, rational choice theory, explicit reference is made to actions, strategies, information, outcomes and preferences but not to intentions.1 This is not to say that no attention has been paid to the relation between rational choice and intentions. On the contrary, a rich philosophical literature has developed on the relation between rationality and intentions.2 However, to our knowledge, there has been no real attempt to model the role of intentions in decisionmaking within a rational choice framework.
