TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eells, Ellery
TI  - Rational decision and causality
SN  - 9781316507957
U1  - 121 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge university press
KW  - Bayesian statistical decision theory
KW  - Utility theory
KW  - Causation
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -