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This is an important new book about human motivation, about the reasons people have for their actions. What is distinctively new about it is its focus on how people see or understand their situations, options, and prospects. By taking account of people's understandings (along with their beliefs and desires), Professor Schick is able to expand the current theory of decision and action. The author provides a perspective on the topic by outlining...

A unique introductory overview of decision theory.

In this book, Frederic Schick extends and applies the decision theory he proposed in two previous Cambridge books: Understanding Action (1991) and Making Choices (1997). He shows how the way we see situations affects the choices we make, and he develops a logic of thought responsive to how things are seen. The book considers many questions of choosing and some familiar human predicaments. Why do people in choice experiments act so often agains...

This book, first published in 1997, is an introductory overview of decision theory.

Este libro ofrece una visión no matemática de la teoría de la decisión. Presenta la lógica de la racionalidad y los aspectos básicos de la teoría de los juegos. Muestra cómo la teoría de la elección social admite una lógica paralela, una lógica de elegir por otros. Considera el papel desempeñado por cómo las personas comprenden o ven sus situaciones, por cómo diferentes lecturas contribuyen a la ambigüedad, a conflictos internos y a trastocami...

In this 2003 book Frederic Schick develops his challenge to standard decision theory.