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THE FOUNDATIONS OF CAUSAL DECISION THEORY
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| By: |
James M. Joyce, Brian Skyrms, Ernest W. Adams |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521641640 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521641647 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
13 April, 1999 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision Theory |
| Pages: |
284 |
| Description: |
The most complete defense of causal decision theory available. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
notes, references |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |