Risk Theory: Rational Decision in the Face of Chance, Uncertainty, and Risk

ISBN-13: 9783030785017 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 95 str.

Nicholas Rescher

Spis treści

Preface

Glossary of Symbols

Introduction

Chapter 1: Choice and Risk

Chapter 2: Chance and Likelihood

Chapter 3: Outcome-Yield Evaluation and Risk

Chapter 4: Abnormal Situations and Eccentric Measurements

Chapter 5: Situational Evaluation and Expectation

Chapter 6: Uncertainty

Chapter 7: Risk Assessment

Chapter 8: Comparing Chancy Situations via Risk and Promise

Chapter 9: Managing Risk and Uncertainty

Chapter 10: The Social Aspect of Risk

Appendix 1: Pearl Harbor in the Light of Rational Decision

Appendix 2: Lessons of the Prisoner’s Dilemma

Bibliography

Name Index

O autorze

Nicholas Rescher, a much published and widely respected philosopher, has been awarded the Aquinas Medal, the Helmholz Medal of the Berlin/Brandenburg Academy of Science, and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Honorary degrees have been awarded to him by eight universities on three continents.