This volume presents 38 classic texts in formal epistemology, and strengthens the ties between research into this area of philosophy and its neighbouring intellectual disciplines. The editors provide introductions to five subsections: Bayesian Epistemology, Belief Change, Decision Theory, Interactive Epistemology and Epistemic Logic. 'Formal epistemology' is a term coined in the late 1990s for a new constellation of interests in philosophy, the origins of which are found in earlier works of epistemologists, philosophers of science and logicians. It addresses a growing agenda of problems concerning knowledge, belief, certainty, rationality, deliberation, decision, strategy, action and agent interaction - and it does so using methods from logic, probability, computability, decision and game theory. The volume also includes a thorough index and suggestions for further reading, and thus offers a complete teaching and research package for students as well as research scholars of formal epistemology, philosophy, logic, computer science, theoretical economics and cognitive psychology.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer International Publishing Ag, Rasmus K. Rendsvig, Henrik Boensvang
ISBN-13
9783319204505
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216434363
Product Key Features
Book Title
Readings in Formal Epistemology: Sourcebook
Author
Johan Van Benthem, Horacio Arlo-Costa, Vincent F. Hendricks
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Popular Philosophy, Computer Science, Mathematics
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
937 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
1
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Springer Graduate Texts in Philosophy
Country/Region of Manufacture
Switzerland
Editor
Horacio Arlo-Costa, Johan Van Benthem, Vincent F. Hendricks