Making Choices: A Recasting of Decision Theory

By Frederic Schick

Book Overview

The book aims to expand the scope and enrich the foundations of decision theory. By addressing such issues as ambivalence, inner conflict, and the constraints imposed upon us by our attachments to others, Frederic Schick reveals that our thinking is often more subtle than standard theories of rationality allow. Only a theory that respects that subtlety can illumine what is otherwise puzzling. The book contains many examples drawn from history and literature dealing with subjects such as love, war, friendship, and crime.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521581818
• ISBN13: 9780521581813
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.7"