Rationality in Action: Contemporary Approaches [Hardcover]

Paul K. Moser (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 26, 1990

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.

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Book Description

Twenty-one previously published selections concerned with rational action are listed under three main categories: individual decision theory; game theory and group decision-making; reasons, desires and intentionality.

About the Author

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).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 493 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (October 26, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521385725
• ISBN-13: 978-0521385725
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,501,561 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Paul K. Moser is Professor and Chairperson of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago and the Editor of the American Philosophical Quarterly. His most recent book is The Evidence for God (Cambridge University Press, 2010). The book is a sequel to his book, The Elusive God (Cambridge University Press, 2008), which won the 2011 Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award for Philosophy. Paul Moser's next book will be The Severity of God: Rigor and Lenience in Religion (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2013). Currently, he is co-editing a collection entitled The Wisdom of the Christian Faith (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2013). He is also Co-Editor of the new Cambridge University Press book series, Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society.