Foundations and Applications of Decision Theory Volume I Theoretical Foundations

Foundations and Applications of Decision Theory Volume I Theoretical Foundations / edited by C.A. Hooker, J.J. Leach, E.F. McClennen.

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...

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Other Authors: Hooker, C.A (Editor), Leach, J.J (Editor), McClennen, E.F (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1978.
Edition:1st ed. 1978.
Series:The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, A Series of Books in Philosophy of Science, Methodology, Epistemology, Logic, History of Science, and Related Fields, 13a
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Philosophy and science.
Philosophy and social sciences.
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Table of Contents:
  • The ‘Tracing Procedure’ and a Theory of Rational Interaction
  • Variety Among Hierarchies of Preference
  • Conflict and Structure in Multi-Level Multiple Objective Decision-Making systems
  • Inadequacies in the Decision Analysis Model of Rationality
  • Counterfactuals and Two Kinds of Expected Utility
  • Coordination Theory
  • A Piagetian Approach to Decision and Game Theory
  • Axiomatizing the Logic of Decision
  • On Indeterminate Probabilities
  • Irrelevance
  • On a Decision Theoretic Method for Social Decisions
  • Consensus and Comparison: A Theory of Social Rationality
  • Conjoint Measurement: A Brief Survey
  • The Minimax Theory and Expected-Utility Reasoning
  • Newcomb’s Many Problems
  • Newcomb’s Problem, Dominance and Expected Utility
  • The Copernican Revelation
  • Prolegomena to a Theory of Rational Motives
  • Index of Names.

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