Rational decision and causality
First published in 1982, Ellery Eells' original work on rational decision making had extensive implications for probability theorists, economists, statisticians and psychologists concerned with decision making and the employment of Bayesian principles. His analysis of the philosophical and psychological significance of Bayesian decision theories, causal decision theories and Newcomb's paradox continues to be influential in philosophy of science. His book is now revived for a new generation of r…
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- Full title :Rational decision and causality / Ellery Eells.
Summary
First published in 1982, Ellery Eells' original work on rational decision making had extensive implications for probability theorists, economists, statisticians and psychologists concerned with decision making and the employment of Bayesian principles. His analysis of the philosophical and psychological significance of Bayesian decision theories, causal decision theories and Newcomb's paradox continues to be influential in philosophy of science. His book is now revived for a new generation of readers and presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series livery, including a specially commissioned preface written by Brian Skyrms, illuminating its continuing importance and relevance to philosophical enquiry.
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- Publication Date:©1982
- Edition:Cambridge Philosophy Classics edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1982
Notes
Originally published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1982.
Digitally printed version published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xii, 216 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781316534823, 1316534820, 9781107144811, 1107144817, 9781316507957, 1316507955, 9781316560464, 1316560465
- oclc:ocn933211527
- LC Classification:QA279.5
- Dewey Decimal:121
Table of Contents
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Preface to this edition -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Bayesianism -- Subjective expected utility -- Foundations of subjective probability -- Learning -- 2 The philosophical and psychological significance of Bayesian decision theory -- A theory of human rationality -- A theory of human behavior -- Foundations and applications of subjective probability -- 3 Bayesian decision theories: some details -- Ramsey -- Savage -- Jeffrey -- Existence theorem -- Uniqueness theorem -- A comparison -- 4 The counterexamples -- 5 Causal decision theories -- Gibbard and Harper -- Skyrms -- Lewis -- Discussion -- 6 Common causes, reasons and symptomatic acts -- 7 A general defense of PMCEU -- The ''tickle defense'' -- The more general setting -- The weaker assumptions -- Causes, reasons and probability -- The general defense -- 8 Newcomb's paradox -- Appendix 1 Logic -- Appendix 2 Probability -- Bibliography -- Index.
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