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2Decisions in Dynamic SettingsPSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1986 (1): 438-449. 1986.The expected utility of an option for a decision maker is defined with respect to probability and utility functions that represent the decision maker’s beliefs and desires. Therefore, as the decision maker’s beliefs and desires change, the expected utility of an opinion may change. Some options are such that their realizations change beliefs and desires in ways that change the expected utilities of the options. If a decision is made among options that include one or more of these special options…Read more
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2Colin Howson and Peter Urbach, Scientific Reasoning: The Bayesian Approach Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 11 (1): 36-38. 1991.
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1Models of Decision-Making: Simplifying ChoicesCambridge University Press. 2014.The options in a decision problem generally have outcomes with common features. Putting aside the common features simplifies deliberations, but the simplification requires a philosophical justification that this book provides.
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1Probability and Utility for Decision TheoryDissertation, University of California, Los Angeles. 1977.
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1Cristina Bicchieri, Richard Jeffrey, and Brian Skyrms, eds., The Dynamics of Norms Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 17 (6): 388-390. 1997.
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Ellery Eells and Tomasz Maruszewski, eds., Probability and Rationality: Studies on L. Jonathan Cohen's Philosophy of Science Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 12 (3): 189-191. 1992.This book review describes and evaluates the essays collected by the editors.
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Comte et Mill sur l'économie politiqueRevue Internationale de Philosophie 52 (203): 79-93. 1998.This essay compares the views of Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill on political economy.
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Richard Jeffrey, Probability and the Art of Judgment Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 12 (5): 333-335. 1992.
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Review: The Foundations of Causal Decision Theory (review)Philosophical Books 41 (3): 217-219. 2000.
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Richard Jeffrey, Probability and the Art of Judgment (review)Philosophy in Review 12 333-335. 1992.
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Joseph Y. Halpern, Reasoning about Uncertainty Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 24 (5): 333-336. 2004.This book review describes and evaluates Joseph Halpern's ideas about reasoning, in particular, reasoning involving conditions.
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Richmond Campbell and Lanning Sowden, eds., Paradoxes of Rationality and Cooperation Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 6 (4): 141-143. 1986.This collection treats classic problems in decision theory such as Newcomb's Problem and the Prisoner's Dilemma. The reviews describes and evaluates the essays.
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Joseph Y. Halpern, Reasoning about Uncertainty (review)Philosophy in Review 24 333-336. 2004.Reviews Joseph Halpern's book with special attention to his points about conditionals.
Areas of Specialization
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |
Philosophy of Probability |
Areas of Interest
Social and Political Philosophy |
General Philosophy of Science |