Jose Luis Bermudez

Decision Theory and Rationality

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Decision Theory and Rationality offers a challenging new interpretation of a key theoretical tool in the human and social sciences. This accessible book argues, contrary to orthodoxy in politics, economics, and management science, that decision theory cannot provide a theory of rationality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 257g
• ISBN-13: 9780199596249
• ISBN-10: 0199596247
• Artikelnr.: 32730689

Autorenporträt

José Luis Bermúdez is Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St Louis, where he is director of the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology program and of the Center for Programs in Arts and Sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Decision theory and the dimensions of rationality
2: The first challenge: Making sense of utility and preference
3: The second challenge: Individuating outcomes
4: The third challenge: Rationality over time
5: Rationality: Crossing the fault lines?
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