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Beyond Uncertainty Katie Steele (Australian National University, Canberra)

Beyond Uncertainty By Katie Steele (Australian National University, Canberra)

Summary

The main aim of this Element is to introduce the topic of limited awareness, and changes in awareness, to those interested in the philosophy of decision-making and uncertain reasoning. While it has long been of interest to economists and computer scientists, this topic has only recently been subject to philosophical investigation.

Beyond Uncertainty Summary

Beyond Uncertainty: Reasoning with Unknown Possibilities by Katie Steele (Australian National University, Canberra)

The main aim of this Element is to introduce the topic of limited awareness, and changes in awareness, to those interested in the philosophy of decision-making and uncertain reasoning. While it has long been of interest to economists and computer scientists, this topic has only recently been subject to philosophical investigation. Indeed, at first sight limited awareness seems to evade any systematic treatment: it is beyond the uncertainty that can be managed. On the one hand, an agent has no control over what contingencies she is and is not aware of at a given time, and any awareness growth takes her by surprise. On the other hand, agents apparently learn to identify the situations in which they are more and less likely to experience limited awareness and subsequent awareness growth. How can these two sides be reconciled? That is the puzzle we confront in this Element.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Sequential Decision Models and the Test of Time; 3. Modelling (Un)Awareness; 4. Responding to Awareness Growth; 5. Awareness Rigidity; 6. Anticipating Awareness Growth; 7. Awareness Reflection; 8. Conclusion.

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NLS9781108713511
9781108713511
1108713513
Beyond Uncertainty: Reasoning with Unknown Possibilities by Katie Steele (Australian National University, Canberra)
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Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2021-09-09
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