Logic of Decision and Action, The - Softcover

Rescher, Nicholas

 
9780822984009: Logic of Decision and Action, The
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0822984008 ISBN 13: 9780822984009
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1967

Synopsis

The four main essays in this volume investigate new sectors of the theory of decision, preference, act-characteristics, and action analysis. Herbert A. Simon applies tools developed in the theory of decision-making to the logic of action, and thereby develops a novel concept of heuristic power. Adapting ideas from utility and decision theory, Nicholas Rescher proposes a logic of preference by which conflicting theories proposed by G. H. von Wright, R. M. Chisholm, and others can be systematized. Donald Davidson discusses difficulties in specifying the structure of action sentences to elucidate how their meaning depends on that structure. G. H. von Wright devises a method for describing each \u201cstate of the world\u201d that results from an action, in a revision of his own earlier work. Additionally, a study of the logic of norms by Alan Ross Anderson is presented as an appendix, along with an appendix by Rescher outlining the aspects of action.

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About the Author

Nicholas Rescher is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and co-chairman of the Center for Philosophy of Science. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has served as president of the E

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Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date
1967
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0822984008
ISBN 13 
9780822984009
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
236