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Evidence, decision, and causality / (Record no. 522529)

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control field CR9781139107990
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781139107990 (ebook)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Cancelled/invalid ISBN 9781107020894 (hardback)
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency UkCbUP
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
Transcribing agency UkCbUP
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number BD184
Item number .A36 2014
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 122
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ahmed, Arif,
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Evidence, decision, and causality /
Statement of responsibility, etc Arif Ahmed, University of Cambridge.
246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title Evidence, Decision & Causality
264 #1 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice (R)
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture (R) Cambridge :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer (R) Cambridge University Press,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2014.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource (ix, 250 pages) :
Other physical details digital, PDF file(s).
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Content type term (R) text
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Media type term (R) computer
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Carrier type term (R) online resource
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500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc 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.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Decision making.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Evidence.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Causation.
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Display text Print version:
International Standard Book Number 9781107020894
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139107990">https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139107990</a>

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