Creating Modern Probability

Jan Von Plato

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• This is the only book to chart the history and development of modern probability theory. It shows how in the first thirty years of this century probab... Lees meer

The Foundations of Causal Decision Theory

James M Joyce

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• This book defends the view that any adequate account of rational decision making must take a decision maker's beliefs about causal relations into acco... Lees meer

Causal Asymmetries

Daniel M Hausman

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• Causation is asymmetrical in many different ways. Causes precede effects; explanations cite causes not effects. Agents use causes to manipulate their ... Lees meer

Knowledge and Inquiry

Erik J Olsson

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• Isaac Levi, currently John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, has explored the principles of American pragmatism in greater depth a... Lees meer

The Structure of Values and Norms

Sven Ove Hansson

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• Formal representations of values and norms are employed in several academic disciplines and specialties, such as economics, jurisprudence, decision th... Lees meer

Physical Causation

Phil Dowe

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• Physical Causation discusses in a systematic way an original, positive account of causation: the conserved quantities account of causal processes that... Lees meer

Foundations of Probability with Applications

Patrick Suppes, Mario Zanotti

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• This is an important collection of essays on dealing with the foundations of probability that will be of value to philosophers of science, mathematici... Lees meer

Betting on Theories

Patrick Maher

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• This book is a major new contribution to decision theory, focusing on the question of when it is rational to accept scientific theories. The author ex... Lees meer

Probability and the Art of Judgment

Richard Jeffrey

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• Richard Jeffrey is beyond dispute one of the most distinguished and influential philosophers working in the field of decision theory and the theory of... Lees meer

The Design Inference

William A Dembski

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• How can we identify events due to intelligent causes and distinguish them from events due to undirected natural causes? If we lack a causal theory how... Lees meer

Probability and Conditionals

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• This is a collection of essays on the relation between probabilities--especially conditional probabilities--and conditionals. It provides new negative... Lees meer

Decision Space

Paul Weirich

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• In Decision Space: Multidimensional Utility Analysis, Paul Weirich increases the power and versatility of utility analysis and in the process advances... Lees meer

Interpreting Probability

David Howie

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• This book is a study of the concept of probability as it has been used and applied across a number of scientific disciplines from genetics to geophysi... Lees meer

Paradoxes of Belief and Strategic Rationality

Robert C Koons

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• The purpose of this book is to develop a framework for analyzing strategic rationality, a notion central to contemporary game theory, which is the for... Lees meer

Rationality and Coordination

Cristina Bicchieri

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• This book explores how individual actions coordinate to produce unintended social consequences. In the past this phenomenon has been explained as the ... Lees meer

Probability and Conditionals

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• This is a collection of essays on the relation between probabilities--especially conditional probabilities--and conditionals. It provides new negative... Lees meer

Knowledge, Belief, and Strategic Interaction

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• In recent years there has been a great deal of interaction among game theorists, philosophers, and logicians in certain foundational problems concerni... Lees meer

Physical Causation

Phil Dowe

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• Physical Causation discusses in a systematic way an original, positive account of causation: the conserved quantities account of causal processes that... Lees meer

Paradoxes of Belief and Strategic Rationality

Robert C Koons

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• The purpose of this book is to develop a framework for analyzing strategic rationality, a notion central to contemporary game theory, which is the for... Lees meer

Rethinking the Foundations of Statistics

Joseph B Kadane, Mark J Schervish, Teddy Seidenfeld

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• This important collection of essays is a synthesis of foundational studies in Bayesian decision theory and statistics. An overarching topic of the col... Lees meer

Interpreting Probability

David Howie

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• This book is a study of the concept of probability as it has been used and applied across a number of scientific disciplines from genetics to geophysi... Lees meer

The Concept of Probability in Statistical Physics

Y M Guttmann

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• Foundational issues in statistical mechanics and the more general question of how probability is to be understood in the context of physical theories ... Lees meer

Rethinking the Foundations of Statistics

Joseph B Kadane, Mark J Schervish, Teddy Seidenfeld

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• This important collection of essays is a synthesis of foundational studies in Bayesian decision theory and statistics. An overarching topic of the col... Lees meer

The Foundations of Causal Decision Theory

James M Joyce

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision The
• This book defends the view that any adequate account of rational decision making must take a decision maker's beliefs about causal relations into acco... Lees meer