Preference Change - Approaches from philosophy, economics and psychology (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)

Changing preferencesis a phenomenonoften invoked but rarely properlyaccounted for. Throughout the history of the social sciences, researchers have come against the possibility that their subjects' preferenceswere affected by the phenomenato be explainedor by otherfactorsnot taken into accountin the explanation.Sporadically, attempts have been made to systematically investigate these in uences, but none of these seems to have had a lasting impact. Today we are still not much further with respect to preference change than we were at the middle of the last century. This anthology hopes to provide a new impulse for research into this important subject. In particular, we have chosen two routes to amplify this impulse. First, we stress the use of modellingtechniquesfamiliar from economicsand decision theory. Instead of constructing complex, all-encompassing theories of preference change, the authors of this volume start with very simple, formal accounts of some possible and hopefully plausible mechanism of preference change. Eventually, these models may nd their way into larger, empirically adequate theories, but at this stage, we think that the most importantwork lies in building structure.Secondly, we stress the importance of interdisciplinary exchange. Only by drawing together experts from different elds can the complex empirical and theoretical issues in the modelling of preference change be adequately investigated.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Theory and Decision Library A:, 42
Release date:	June 2009
First published:	2009
Editors:	Till Grune-Yanoff • Sven Ove Hansson
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	266
Edition:	2009 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-2592-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Microeconomics > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	90-481-2592-8
Barcode:	9789048125920

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!