Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision Theory – serie
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Knowledge and Inquiry
Essays on the Pragmatism of Isaac Levi
Häftad, 2011
667 kr
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Isaac Levi has explored the principles of American pragmatism in greater depth and more consistency than others before him. The result is a sophisticated and powerful philosophical system whose key elements stand in stark opposition not only to mainstream epistemology, but also to the positions of …
Creating Modern Probability
Its Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy in Historical Perspective
Av Jan von Plato, Brian Skyrms
Inbunden, 1994
1449 kr
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This is the only book to chart the history and development of modern probability theory. It shows how in the first thirty years of this century probability theory became a mathematical science. The author also traces the development of probabilistic concepts and theories in statistical and quantum …
The Structure of Values and Norms
Häftad, 2007
422 kr
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Formal representations of values and norms are employed in several academic disciplines and specialties, such as economics, jurisprudence, decision theory and social choice theory. Sven Ove Hansson closely examines such foundational issues as the values of wholes and the values of their parts, the …
Interpreting Probability
Controversies and Developments in the Early Twentieth Century
Av David Howie
Häftad, 2007
813 kr
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The term probability can be used in two main senses. In the frequency interpretation it is a limiting ratio in a sequence of repeatable events. In the Bayesian view, probability is a mental construct representing uncertainty. This 2002 book is about these two types of probability and investigates …
Equilibrium and Rationality
Game Theory Revised by Decision Rules
Av Paul Weirich
Häftad, 2007
618 kr
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This book represents a major contribution to game theory. It offers this conception of equilibrium in games: strategic equilibrium. This conception arises from a study of expected utility decision principles, which must be revised to take account of the evidence a choice provides concerning its …
Decision Space
Multidimensional Utility Analysis
Av Paul Weirich
Häftad, 2007
876 kr
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In Decision Space: Multidimensional Utility Analysis, first published in 2001, Paul Weirich increases the power and versatility of utility analysis and in the process advances decision theory. Combining traditional and novel methods of option evaluation into one systematic method of analysis, …
Taking Chances
Essays on Rational Choice
Häftad, 2007
895 kr
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J. Howard Sobel has long been recognized as an important figure in philosophical discussions of rational decision. He has done much to help formulate the concept of causal decision theory. In this volume of essays Sobel explores the Bayesian idea that rational actions maximize expected values, …
Probability and Conditionals
Belief Revision and Rational Decision
Häftad, 2007
699 kr
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This collection of essays is on the relation between probabilities, especially conditional probabilities, and conditionals. It provides negative results which sharply limit the ways conditionals can be related to conditional probabilities. There are also positive ideas and results which will open …
Physical Causation
Av Phil Dowe
Häftad, 2007
797 kr
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This book, published in 2000, is a clear account of causation based firmly in contemporary science. Dowe discusses in a systematic way, a positive account of causation: the conserved quantities account of causal processes which he has been developing over the last ten years. The book describes …
The Concept of Probability in Statistical Physics
Häftad, 2007
650 kr
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Foundational issues in statistical mechanics and the more general question of how probability is to be understood in the context of physical theories are both areas that have been neglected by philosophers of physics. This book fills an important gap in the literature by providing a most systematic …
Causal Asymmetries
Häftad, 2008
487 kr
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This book, by one of the pre-eminent philosophers of science writing today, offers the most comprehensive account available of causal asymmetries. Causation is asymmetrical in many different ways. Causes precede effects; explanations cite causes not effects. Agents use causes to manipulate their …
Knowledge, Belief, and Strategic Interaction
Av Cristina Bicchieri, Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara
Häftad, 2008
716 kr
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There has been a great deal of interaction among game theorists, philosophers and logicians in certain foundational problems concerning rationality, the formalization of knowledge and practical reasoning, and models of learning and deliberation. This volume brings together the work of some of the …
Probabilistic Causality
Av Ellery Eells
Häftad, 2008
908 kr
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In this important book, Ellery Eells explores and refines philosophical conceptions of probabilistic causality. In a probabilistic theory of causation, causes increase the probability of their effects rather than necessitate their effects in the ways traditional deterministic theories have …
Betting on Theories
Häftad, 2008
716 kr
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This book is a major contribution to decision theory, focusing on the question of when it is rational to accept scientific theories. The author examines both Bayesian decision theory and confirmation theory, refining and elaborating the views of Ramsey and Savage. He argues that the most solid …
The Foundations of Causal Decision Theory
Häftad, 2008
621 kr
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This book defends the view that any adequate account of rational decision making must take a decision maker's beliefs about causal relations into account. The early chapters of the book introduce the non-specialist to the rudiments of expected utility theory. The major technical advance offered by …
Paradoxes of Belief and Strategic Rationality
Häftad, 2009
439 kr
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This book develops a framework for analysing strategic rationality, a notion central to contemporary game theory, which is the formal study of the interaction of rational agents and which has proved extremely fruitful in economics, political theory and business management. The author argues that a …
The Dynamics of Norms
Av Cristina Bicchieri, Richard Jeffrey m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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In the social sciences norms are sometimes taken to play a key explanatory role. Yet norms differ from group to group, from society to society, and from species to species. How are norms formed and how do they change? This 'state-of-the-art' collection of essays presents some of the best …
Probabilistic Causality
Av Ellery Eells, Brian Skyrms m. fl.
Inbunden, 1991
2067 kr
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In this important book, Ellery Eells explores and refines philosophical conceptions of probabilistic causality. In a probabilistic theory of causation, causes increase the probability of their effects rather than necessitate their effects in the ways traditional deterministic theories have …
Probability and the Art of Judgment
Inbunden, 1992
1351 kr
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Richard Jeffrey is beyond dispute one of the most distinguished and influential philosophers working in the field of decision theory and the theory of knowledge. His work is distinctive in showing the interplay of epistemological concerns with probability and utility theory. Not only has he made …
Probability and the Art of Judgment
Av Richard Jeffrey, Brian Skyrms m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
525 kr
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Richard Jeffrey is beyond dispute one of the most distinguished and influential philosophers working in the field of decision theory and the theory of knowledge. His work is distinctive in showing the interplay of epistemological concerns with probability and utility theory. Not only has he made …
Paradoxes of Belief and Strategic Rationality
Av Robert C. Koons, Brian Skyrms m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
1237 kr
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This book develops a framework for analysing strategic rationality, a notion central to contemporary game theory, which is the formal study of the interaction of rational agents and which has proved extremely fruitful in economics, political theory and business management. The author argues that a …
Taking Chances
Essays on Rational Choice
Inbunden, 1994
1726 kr
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J. Howard Sobel has long been recognized as an important figure in philosophical discussions of rational decision. He has done much to help formulate the concept of causal decision theory. In this volume of essays Sobel explores the Bayesian idea that rational actions maximize expected values, …
Knowledge, Belief, and Strategic Interaction
Av Cristina Bicchieri, Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara
Inbunden, 1992
2003 kr
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There has been a great deal of interaction among game theorists, philosophers and logicians in certain foundational problems concerning rationality, the formalization of knowledge and practical reasoning, and models of learning and deliberation. This volume brings together the work of some of the …
Betting on Theories
Av Patrick Maher, Brian Skyrms m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
1807 kr
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This book is a major contribution to decision theory, focusing on the question of when it is rational to accept scientific theories. The author examines both Bayesian decision theory and confirmation theory, refining and elaborating the views of Ramsey and Savage. He argues that the most solid …
Foundations of Probability with Applications
Selected Papers 1974-1995
Av Patrick Suppes, Mario Zanotti m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
1449 kr
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This is an important collection of essays dealing with the foundations of probability that will be of value to philosophers of science, mathematicians, statisticians, psychologists and educationalists. The collection falls into three parts. Part I comprises five essays on the axiomatic foundations …
Symmetry and its Discontents
Essays on the History of Inductive Probability
Av S. L. Zabell
Inbunden, 2005
1351 kr
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This volume brings together a collection of essays on the history and philosophy of probability and statistics by one of the eminent scholars in these subjects. Written over the last fifteen years, they fall into three broad categories. The first deals with the use of symmetry arguments in …
Symmetry and its Discontents
Essays on the History of Inductive Probability
Av S. L. Zabell
Häftad, 2005
536 kr
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This volume brings together a collection of essays on the history and philosophy of probability and statistics by one of the eminent scholars in these subjects. Written over the last fifteen years, they fall into three broad categories. The first deals with the use of symmetry arguments in …
Probability and Conditionals
Belief Revision and Rational Decision
Inbunden, 1994
1710 kr
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This collection of essays is on the relation between probabilities, especially conditional probabilities, and conditionals. It provides negative results which sharply limit the ways conditionals can be related to conditional probabilities. There are also positive ideas and results which will open …
Foundations of Probability with Applications
Selected Papers 1974-1995
Av Patrick Suppes, Mario Zanotti m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
748 kr
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This is an important collection of essays dealing with the foundations of probability that will be of value to philosophers of science, mathematicians, statisticians, psychologists and educationalists. The collection falls into three parts. Part I comprises five essays on the axiomatic foundations …
Rationality and Coordination
Häftad, 1997
700 kr
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This book explores how individual actions coordinate to produce unintended social consequences. In the past this phenomenon has been explained as the outcome of rational, self-interested individual behaviour. Professor Bicchieri shows that this is in no way a satisfying explanation. She discusses …
