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The Foundations of Causal Decision Theory
Author | : James M. Joyce |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 1999-04-13 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781139471381 |
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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 the book is a 'representation theorem' that shows that both causal decision theory and its main rival, Richard Jeffrey's logic of decision, are both instances of a more general conditional decision theory. The book solves a long-standing problem for Jeffrey's theory by showing for the first time how to obtain a unique utility and probability representation for preferences and judgements of comparative likelihood. The book also contains a major new discussion of what it means to suppose that some event occurs or that some proposition is true. The most complete and robust defence of causal decision theory available.
The Foundations of Causal Decision Theory
Author | : James M. Joyce |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1999-04-13 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 0521641640 |
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The book also contains a major new discussion of what it means to suppose that some event occurs or that some proposition is true.
An Introduction to Decision Theory
Author | : Martin Peterson |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2017-03-30 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781107151598 |
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A comprehensive and accessible introduction to all aspects of decision theory, now with new and updated discussions and over 140 exercises.
Evidence Decision and Causality
Author | : Arif Ahmed |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-02-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1316641546 |
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Most philosophers agree that causal knowledge is essential to decision-making: agents should choose from the available options those that probably cause the outcomes that they want. This book argues against this theory and in favour of evidential or Bayesian decision theory, which emphasises the symptomatic value of options over their causal role. It examines a variety of settings, including economic theory, quantum mechanics and philosophical thought-experiments, where causal knowledge seems to make a practical difference. The arguments make novel use of machinery from other areas of philosophical inquiry, including first-person epistemology and the free will debate. The book also illustrates the applicability of decision theory itself to questions about the direction of time and the special epistemic status of agents.
Decision Probability and Utility
Author | : Peter Gärdenfors,Nils-Eric Sahlin |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 449 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0521333911 |
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Decision theory and the theory of rational choice have recently been the subjects of considerable research by philosophers and economists. However, no adequate anthology exists which can be used to introduce students to the field. This volume is designed to meet that need. The essays included are organized into five parts covering the foundations of decision theory, the conceptualization of probability and utility, pholosophical difficulties with the rules of rationality and with the assessment of probability, and causal decision theory. The editors provide an extensive introduction to the field and introductions to each part.
Foundations and Applications of Decision Theory
Author | : C.A. Hooker,J.J. Leach,E.F. McClennen |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1978-04-30 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9027708444 |
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1. INTRODUCTION In the Spring of 1975 we held an international workshop on the Foundations and Application of Decision Theory at the University of Western Ontario. To help structure the workshop into ordered and manageable sessions we distri buted the following statement of our goals to all invited participants. They in turn responded with useful revisions and suggested their own areas of interest. Since this procedure provided the eventual format of the sessions, we include it here as the most appropriate introduction to these collected papers result ing from the workshop. The reader can readily gauge the approximation to our mutual goals. 2. STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES AND RATIONALE (Attached to this statement is a bibliography; names of persons cited in the statement and writing in this century will be found referenced in the biblio graphy - certain 'classics' aSide. ) 2. 1. Preamble We understand in the following the Theory of Decisions in a broader sense than is presently customary, construing it to embrace a general theory of decision-making, including social, political and economic theory and applica tions. Thus, we subsume the Theory of Games under the head of Decision Theory, regarding it as a particularly clearly formulated version of part of the general theory of decision-making.
Rational Decision and Causality
Author | : Ellery Eells |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2016-08-26 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9781107144811 |
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Originally published: New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982.
Foundations and Applications of Decision Theory
Author | : C.A. Hooker,J.J. Leach,E.F. McClennen |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 463 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789400997899 |
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1. INTRODUCTION In the Spring of 1975 we held an international workshop on the Foundations and Application of Decision Theory at the University of Western Ontario. To help structure the workshop into ordered and manageable sessions we distri buted the following statement of our goals to all invited participants. They in turn responded with useful revisions and suggested their own areas of interest. Since this procedure provided the eventual format of the sessions, we include it here as the most appropriate introduction to these collected papers result ing from the workshop. The reader can readily gauge the approximation to our mutual goals. 2. STATEMENT or OBJECTIVES AND RATIONALE (Attached to this statement is a bibliography; names of persons cited in the statement and writing in this century will be found referenced in the biblio graphy - certain 'classics' aside. ) 2. 1. Preamble We understand in the following the Theory of Decisions in a broader sense than is presently customary, construing it to embrace a general theory of deciSion-making, induding social, political and economic theory and applica tions. Thus, we subsume the Theory of Games under the head of Decision Theory, regarding it as a particularly clearly formulated version of part of the general theory of decision-making.