Rational decision and causality / Ellery Eells.

By:

Eells, Ellery

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York: Cambridge university press, 2016.Description: xi, 216 pISBN:

9781316507957

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DDC classification:

121 EEL

Contents:

1 Bayesianism Subjective expected utility Foundations of subjective probability Learning 2 The philosophical and psychological significance of Bayesian decision theory A theory of human rationality A theory of human behavior Foundations and applications of subjective probability 3 Bayesian decision theories: some details Ramsey Savage Jeffrey Existence theorem Uniqueness theorem A comparison 4 The counterexamples 5 Causal decision theories Gibbard and Harper Skyrms Lewis Discussion 6 Common causes, reasons and symptomatic acts 7 A general defense of PMCEU The ''tickle defense'' The more general setting The weaker assumptions Causes, reasons and probability The general defense 8 Newcomb's paradox

Summary: First published in 1982, Ellery Eells' original work on rational decision making had extensive implications for probability theorists, economists, statisticians and psychologists concerned with decision making and the employment of Bayesian principles.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Bayesianism
Subjective expected utility
Foundations of subjective probability
Learning
2 The philosophical and psychological significance of Bayesian decision theory
A theory of human rationality
A theory of human behavior
Foundations and applications of subjective probability
3 Bayesian decision theories: some details
Ramsey
Savage
Jeffrey
Existence theorem
Uniqueness theorem
A comparison
4 The counterexamples
5 Causal decision theories
Gibbard and Harper
Skyrms
Lewis
Discussion
6 Common causes, reasons and symptomatic acts
7 A general defense of PMCEU
The ''tickle defense''
The more general setting
The weaker assumptions
Causes, reasons and probability
The general defense
8 Newcomb's paradox

First published in 1982, Ellery Eells' original work on rational decision making had extensive implications for probability theorists, economists, statisticians and psychologists concerned with decision making and the employment of Bayesian principles.

Rational decision and causality / Ellery Eells.

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