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This book is divided into three parts. In the first part, Action, are collected papers that concern the formal theory of action, the logic of norms, and the theory of rational decision. The papers in the second part, Belief Change, concern the theory of belief dynamics. The third part, Cognition, concerns Fitch's knowability paradox as well as problems concerning the graphic representation of information.
List of contents
Preface; E. Ejerhed, S. Lindström. 1: Action. On Action and Agency; R. Hilpinen. Delta Logic and Brown's Logic of Ability; K. Segerberg. Action and Deontology; J. Czelakowski. Prima Facie Oughtness vs. Oughtness All Things Considered in Deontic Logic: A Chisholmian Approach; L. Åqvist. Wise Choice: On Dynamic Decision-Making Without Independence; W. Rabinowicz. 2: Belief Change. Closure-Invariant Rationality Postulates; S.O. Hansson. All Other Things Being Equal: On a Notion of Inertia in Conditional Logic; L. Fariñas del Cerro, A. Herzig. Drawing Inferences from Conditionals; H. Rott. 3: Cognition. Situations, Truth and Knowability: A Situation-Theoretic Analysis of Paradox by Fitch; S. Lindström. Assigning Information to Modalities: Comparing Graphical Treatments of the Syllogisms; K. Stenning, R. Tobin. Index of Names.
Summary
Divided into three parts, this title contains collected papers that concern the formal theory of action, the logic of norms, and the theory of rational decision. It also deals with the theory of belief dynamics, as well as Fitch's knowability paradox as well as problems concerning the graphic representation of information.
