| Rationality in Action: Contemporary Approaches Contributor(s): Moser, Paul K. (Editor), Moser, Paul K. (Preface by), Moser, Paul K. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0521385989 ISBN-13: 9780521385985 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $66.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1990 Annotation: An anthology of previously published pieces that have proven long term importance to theoretical work in rational action. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology - Philosophy | Logic |
| Dewey: 153.83 |
| LCCN: 90031391 |
| Physical Information: 1.27" H x 5.94" W x 9.12" (1.65 lbs) 504 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This anthology is intended for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in such disciplines ms philosophy, psychology, economics, and political science. It includes twenty-one selections falling under three main categories: individual decision theory; game theory and group decision making; reasons, desires, and irrationality. All the pieces have been published before in journals and have been proven to be of long-term importance to theoretical work in rational action. Among the authors represented are Leonard Savage, Maurice Allais, Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, Herbert Simon, Robert Nozick, John Harsanyi, Kenneth Arrow, Amartya Sen, Bernard Williams, and Donald Davidson. The volume includes a general introduction on decision theory and a topical bibliography. |
Contributor Bio(s): Moser, Paul K.: - Paul K. Moser is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author of The Elusive God (Cambridge University Press, 2008), editor of Jesus and Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2008), and co-editor of Divine Hiddenness (Cambridge University Press, 2002) and of The Rationality of Theism (Routledge, 2003). He is also editor of the journal American Philosophical Quarterly. He is currently writing a book titled The Evidence for God for a non-scholarly audience (to be published by Cambridge University Press). |