Lara Buchak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at UC Berkeley. She received her AB from Harvard College in philosophy and mathematics in 2003, and her PhD in philosophy from Princeton University in 2009. Her primary research is in decision-making, particularly decision-making in the face of risk. She also has interests in epistemology, in philosophy of religion, and in social choice theory. Some topics she has written on include when and why one ought to stop looking for more evidence and make a decision; what is the nature of faith, both in the religious and the more mundane sense; and what is the relationship between assigning probability to a hypothesis and outright believing that hypothesis.

[T]he level of argument is very high and arguments are pursued in detail over a wide range of sub-topics ... the book as a whole contains a wealth of useful material, of which Buchak's exposition is thorough and extensive without straying off the point. Almost anyone who cares about the subject of this book is likely to learn much from it that is worth learning. It is all in all an excellent addition to the literature.

• Introduction ; 1. InstInstrumental Rationality and Expected Utility Theory ; 2. Risk-Weighted Expected Utility ; 3. Representation ; 4. Redescription ; 5. Consistency ; 6. Diachronic Choice ; 7. Bookmaking and Packaging ; 8. Conclusion ; Appendices ; Bibliography ; Index

Lara Buchak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at UC Berkeley. She received her AB from Harvard College in philosophy and mathematics in 2003, and her PhD in philosophy from Princeton University in 2009. Her primary research is in decision-making, particularly decision-making in the face of risk. She also has interests in epistemology, in philosophy of religion, and in social choice theory. Some topics she has written on include when and why one ought to stop looking for more evidence and make a decision; what is the nature of faith, both in the religious and the more mundane sense; and what is the relationship between assigning probability to a hypothesis and outright believing that hypothesis.

[T]he level of argument is very high and arguments are pursued in detail over a wide range of sub-topics ... the book as a whole contains a wealth of useful material, of which Buchak's exposition is thorough and extensive without straying off the point. Almost anyone who cares about the subject of this book is likely to learn much from it that is worth learning. It is all in all an excellent addition to the literature.

• Introduction ; 1. InstInstrumental Rationality and Expected Utility Theory ; 2. Risk-Weighted Expected Utility ; 3. Representation ; 4. Redescription ; 5. Consistency ; 6. Diachronic Choice ; 7. Bookmaking and Packaging ; 8. Conclusion ; Appendices ; Bibliography ; Index

Lara Buchak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at UC Berkeley. She received her AB from Harvard College in philosophy and mathematics in 2003, and her PhD in philosophy from Princeton University in 2009. Her primary research is in decision-making, particularly decision-making in the face of risk. She also has interests in epistemology, in philosophy of religion, and in social choice theory. Some topics she has written on include when and why one ought to stop looking for more evidence and make a decision; what is the nature of faith, both in the religious and the more mundane sense; and what is the relationship between assigning probability to a hypothesis and outright believing that hypothesis.

[T]he level of argument is very high and arguments are pursued in detail over a wide range of sub-topics ... the book as a whole contains a wealth of useful material, of which Buchak's exposition is thorough and extensive without straying off the point. Almost anyone who cares about the subject of this book is likely to learn much from it that is worth learning. It is all in all an excellent addition to the literature.

• Introduction ; 1. InstInstrumental Rationality and Expected Utility Theory ; 2. Risk-Weighted Expected Utility ; 3. Representation ; 4. Redescription ; 5. Consistency ; 6. Diachronic Choice ; 7. Bookmaking and Packaging ; 8. Conclusion ; Appendices ; Bibliography ; Index