Arif Ahmed: Evidence, Decision and Causality

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Beschreibung

Most philosophers agree that causal knowledge is essential to decision-making: agents should choose from the available options those that probably cause the outcomes that they want. This book argues against this theory and in favour of evidential or Bayesian decision theory, which emphasises the symptomatic value of options over their causal role. It examines a variety of settings, including economic theory, quantum mechanics and philosophical thought-experiments, where causal knowledge seems to make a practical difference. The arguments make novel use of machinery from other areas of philosophical inquiry, including first-person epistemology and the free will debate. The book also illustrates the applicability of decision theory itself to questions about the direction of time and the special epistemic status of agents.

Über den Autor

Arif Ahmed is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Savage; 2. EDT and CDT; 3. Causalist objections to CDT; 4. Realistic cases; 5. Deterministic cases; 6. Quantum-mechanical cases; 7. The standard Newcomb case; 8. 'The ultimate contingency'.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Jahrhundert:	Antike
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781316641545
ISBN-10:	1316641546
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Ahmed, Arif
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	Arif Ahmed
Erscheinungsdatum:	14.09.2016
Gewicht:	0,385 kg