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Utilitarianism is one of the most famous ethical doctrines, based on the ideal of maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain. But Utilitarians and their opponents lack a clear scientific and philosophical understanding of its foundations, the measurement and aggregation of utility. This is what The Pursuit of Happiness now offers.
Utilitarianism is one of the most famous ethical doctrines, based on the ideal of maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain. But Utilitarians and their opponents lack a clear scientific and philosophical understanding of its foundations, the measurement and aggregation of utility. This is what The Pursuit of Happiness now offers.
Über den Autor
Louis Narens is Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Abstract Measurement Theory (MIT 1985) and Introduction to the Theories of Measurement and Meaningfulness and the Use of Invariance in Science (Lawrence Erlbaum 2007).
Brian Skyrms is Distinguished Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science and Economics at the University of California, Irvine. His interests include the evolution of conventions, the social contract, inductive logic, decision theory, rational deliberation, the metaphysics of logical atomism, causality, and truth. He is the author of Signals: Evolution, Learning, and Information (OUP 2010), From Zeno to Arbitrage: Essays on Quantity, Coherence, and Induction (OUP 2012), and Social Dynamics (OUP 2014).
Brian Skyrms is Distinguished Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science and Economics at the University of California, Irvine. His interests include the evolution of conventions, the social contract, inductive logic, decision theory, rational deliberation, the metaphysics of logical atomism, causality, and truth. He is the author of Signals: Evolution, Learning, and Information (OUP 2010), From Zeno to Arbitrage: Essays on Quantity, Coherence, and Induction (OUP 2012), and Social Dynamics (OUP 2014).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Preface
- 1: The Pursuit of Happiness: Preview
- Part I: The Utility Concept
- 2: Jeremy Bentham - Philosophical Radical
- 3: Early Utilitarians
- 4: Nineteeth-Century Psychophysics
- 5: Measurement Essentials in a Nutshell
- 6: Skeptics
- 7: Using Chance to Measure Utility
- 8: Harsanyi and Utilitarianism
- Part II: Measurement and Psychophysics
- 9: Neurobiology of Pleasure and Pain
- 10: Modern Measurement
- 11: Psychophysical Measures of Intensity
- Part III: Interpersonal Comparisons and Convention
- 12: Product Utilitarianism and an Old-New Way to Measure Utility
- 13: Dynamics of Convention
- 14: Where do we Stand?
- References
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
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Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Philosophie |
Jahrhundert: | Antike |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Buch |
Seiten: | 204 |
Inhalt: | Gebunden |
ISBN-13: | 9780198856450 |
ISBN-10: | 0198856458 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: |
Narens, Louis
Skyrms, Brian |
Besonderheit: | Unsere Aufsteiger |
Hersteller: | Sydney University Press |
Maße: | 223 x 9 x 21 mm |
Von/Mit: | Louis Narens (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 08.12.2020 |
Gewicht: | 0,394 kg |
Über den Autor
Louis Narens is Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Abstract Measurement Theory (MIT 1985) and Introduction to the Theories of Measurement and Meaningfulness and the Use of Invariance in Science (Lawrence Erlbaum 2007).
Brian Skyrms is Distinguished Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science and Economics at the University of California, Irvine. His interests include the evolution of conventions, the social contract, inductive logic, decision theory, rational deliberation, the metaphysics of logical atomism, causality, and truth. He is the author of Signals: Evolution, Learning, and Information (OUP 2010), From Zeno to Arbitrage: Essays on Quantity, Coherence, and Induction (OUP 2012), and Social Dynamics (OUP 2014).
Brian Skyrms is Distinguished Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science and Economics at the University of California, Irvine. His interests include the evolution of conventions, the social contract, inductive logic, decision theory, rational deliberation, the metaphysics of logical atomism, causality, and truth. He is the author of Signals: Evolution, Learning, and Information (OUP 2010), From Zeno to Arbitrage: Essays on Quantity, Coherence, and Induction (OUP 2012), and Social Dynamics (OUP 2014).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Preface
- 1: The Pursuit of Happiness: Preview
- Part I: The Utility Concept
- 2: Jeremy Bentham - Philosophical Radical
- 3: Early Utilitarians
- 4: Nineteeth-Century Psychophysics
- 5: Measurement Essentials in a Nutshell
- 6: Skeptics
- 7: Using Chance to Measure Utility
- 8: Harsanyi and Utilitarianism
- Part II: Measurement and Psychophysics
- 9: Neurobiology of Pleasure and Pain
- 10: Modern Measurement
- 11: Psychophysical Measures of Intensity
- Part III: Interpersonal Comparisons and Convention
- 12: Product Utilitarianism and an Old-New Way to Measure Utility
- 13: Dynamics of Convention
- 14: Where do we Stand?
- References
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Philosophie |
Jahrhundert: | Antike |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Buch |
Seiten: | 204 |
Inhalt: | Gebunden |
ISBN-13: | 9780198856450 |
ISBN-10: | 0198856458 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: |
Narens, Louis
Skyrms, Brian |
Besonderheit: | Unsere Aufsteiger |
Hersteller: | Sydney University Press |
Maße: | 223 x 9 x 21 mm |
Von/Mit: | Louis Narens (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 08.12.2020 |
Gewicht: | 0,394 kg |
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