Binding: Paperback
Description: Now revised and updated this introduction to decision theory is both accessible and comprehensive covering topics including decision making under ignorance and risk the foundations of utility theory the debate over subjective and objective probability Bayesianism causal decision theory game theory and social choice theory. No mathematical skills are assumed with all concepts and results explained in non - technical and intuitive as well as more formal ways. There are now over 140 exercises with solutions along with a glossary of key terms and concepts. This second edition includes a new chapter on risk aversion as well as updated discussions of numerous central ideas including Newcomb's problem prisoner's dilemmas and Arrow's impossibility theorem. The book will appeal particularly to philosophy students but also to readers in a range of disciplines from computer science and psychology to economics and political science.
Title: An Introduction To Decision Theory
Author(s): Peterson Martin (Texas A & M University)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781316606209
Pages: 348 Pages, 97 Tables, Black And White; 11 Line Drawings, Black And White
Publication Date: 4/4/2017
Series: Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy
Category: Impact Of Science & Technology On Society