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The foundations of causal decision theory /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Joyce, James M., 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©1999.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 6. A General Theory of Conditional Beliefs
  • Ch. 7. A Representation Theorem for Causal Decision Theory
  • Ch. 8. Where Things Stand.
  • Introduction: A Chance to Reconsider
  • Ch. 1. Instrumental Rationality as Expected Utility Maximization
  • Ch. 2. Decision Problems
  • Ch. 3. Savage's Theory
  • Ch. 4. Evidential Decision Theory
  • Ch. 5. Causal Decision Theory.