| The Foundations of Causal Decision Theory Contributor(s): Joyce, James M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521641640 ISBN-13: 9780521641647 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $125.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1999 Annotation: 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 nonspecialist 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. In providing the most complete and robust defense of causal decision theory the book will be of interest to a broad range of readers in philosophy, economics, psychology, mathematics, and artificial intelligence. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Philosophy | Logic - Computers | Intelligence (ai) & Semantics |
| Dewey: 128.3 |
| LCCN: 98-36028 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction & Decision Theory |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.29" W x 9.29" (1.32 lbs) 284 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 nonspecialist 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. In providing the most complete and robust defense of causal decision theory the book will be of interest to a broad range of readers in philosophy, economics, psychology, mathematics, and artificial intelligence. |