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Author:   J.H. Fetzer
Publisher:   Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
Volume:   192
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9781556080524

ISBN 10:   1556080522
Pages:   362
Publication Date:   31 December 1987
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Prologue.- Dynamic Rationality: Propensity, Probability, and Credence.- I: Probability, Causality, and Modality.- Hume’s Refutation of Inductive Probabilism.- An Adamite Derivation of the Principles of the Calculus of Probability.- Probability, Possibility, and Plenitude.- Probabilistic Metaphysics.- Probabilistic Theories of Causation.- Conditional Chance.- II: Probability, Causality, and Decision.- How to Tell a Common Cause: Generalizations of the Conjunctive Fork Criterion.- Probabilistic Causal Interaction and Disjunctive Causal Factors.- The Principle of the Common Cause.- On Raising the Chances of Effects.- How to Probabilize a Newcomb Problem.- Non-Nietzschean Decision Making.- Epilogue.- Publications: An Annotated Bibliography.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

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