Thinking about Acting: Logical Foundations for Rational Decision Making

Pollock, John L.

ISBN 10: 0195304810 / ISBN 13: 9780195304817

Published by Oxford University Press, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thinking about Acting: Logical Foundations for Rational Decision Making
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195304810
• ISBN 13: 9780195304817
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

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. Thinking about Acting aims to provide a theory of "real rationality."

About the Author

John L. Pollock is Regents' Professor of Philosophy and Research Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Arizona, Tucson.