Making Choices

A Recasting of Decision Theory

Frederic Schick (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

174 Seiten

1997
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-58840-9 (ISBN)

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This book, first published in 1997, is an introductory overview of decision theory. It is completely non-technical, without a single formula in the book. Written in a crisp and clear style it succinctly covers the full range of philosophical issues of rationality and decision theory, including game theory, social choice theory, prisoner's dilemma and much else. The book aims to expand the scope and enrich the foundations of decision theory. By addressing such issues as ambivalence, inner conflict, and the constraints imposed upon us by our attachments to others, Frederic Schick reveals that our thinking is often more subtle than standard theories of rationality allow. Only a theory that respects that subtlety can illumine what is otherwise puzzling. The book contains many examples drawn from history and literature dealing with subjects such as love, war, friendship, and crime.

1. Difficult choices; 2. Having reasons; 3. Rationality; 4. Shaping up; 5. Other people; 6. Social choice; 7. Choosing right.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.2.1997
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	255 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
ISBN-10	0-521-58840-5 / 0521588405
ISBN-13	978-0-521-58840-9 / 9780521588409
Zustand	Neuware