Rationality in Action: Contemporary Approaches

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Rationality in Action: Contemporary Approaches
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Paul K. Moser
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:504
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152
Category/GenrePhilosophy
Philosophy of the mind
ISBN/Barcode 9780521385985
ClassificationsDewey:153.83
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 26 October 1990
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This anthology is intended for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in such disciplines as philosophy, psychology, economics, and political science. It includes twenty-one selections falling under three main categories: individual decision theory; game theory and group decision-making; reasons, desires and intentionality. All the pieces have been published before in journals and have proven long term importance to theoretical work in rational action. The volume includes a general introduction on decision theory and a topical bibliography.

Author Biography

Paul K. Moser is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author of The Elusive God (Cambridge University Press, 2008), editor of Jesus and Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2008), and co-editor of Divine Hiddenness (Cambridge University Press, 2002) and of The Rationality of Theism (Routledge, 2003). He is also editor of the journal American Philosophical Quarterly. He is currently writing a book titled The Evidence for God for a non-scholarly audience (to be published by Cambridge University Press).