The Logic of Decision and Action
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The Logic of Decision and Action

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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 "state of the world" 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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Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780822975656
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophy History & Theory

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. I. The Logic of Heuristic Decision Making
  4. II. Semantic Foundations for the Logic of Preference
  5. III. The Logical Form of Action Sentences
  6. IV. The Logica of Action: A Sketch
  7. Appendix I: The Formal Analysis of Normative Systems
  8. Appendix II: Aspects of Action
  9. Index of Names
  10. Subject Index