Readings in Formal Epistemology: Sourcebook

Editors: Arló-Costa, Horacio, Hendricks, Vincent F., van Benthem, Johan (Eds.)
Strengthens the ties between research in philosophy and its neighbouring intellectual principles
Provides separate introductions to the five fields of formal epistemology, an elaborate index and suggestions for further reading
Offers a complete teaching and research package for students as well as research scholars

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.

Number of Illustrations and Tables
135 b/w illustrations
Topics
Epistemology
Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages
Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences

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