| Description |
xi, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Rational choice and classical decision theory -- Ch. 2. Evaluative cognition and the evaluative database -- Ch. 3. Evaluative induction -- Ch. 4. Some observations about evaluative cognition -- Ch. 5. The database calculation -- Ch. 6. Subjective probabilities -- Ch. 7. Objective probabilities -- Ch. 8. Causal probabilities -- Ch. 9. Rational choice and action omnipotence -- Ch. 10. Plans and decisions -- Ch. 11. Plans and their expected utilities -- Ch. 12. Locally global planning -- App. The theory of nomic probability |
| Summary |
"John Pollock aims to construct a theory of rational decision making for real agents - not ideal agents. Real agents have limited cognitive powers, but traditional theories of rationality have applied only to idealized agents that lack such constraints. Pollock argues that theories of ideal rationality are largely irrelevant to the decision making of real agents. We need a theory of "real rationality" in its place. Thinking about Acting aims to do just that."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Statistical decision.
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Decidability (Mathematical logic)
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Probabilities.
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Induction (Logic)
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| LC no. |
2005054921 |
| ISBN |
9780195304817 cloth alkaline paper |
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0195304810 cloth alkaline paper |
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