Overview
- A logical investigation of the ubiquitous notion of preference, which brings together many areas: philosophy, computer science, game theory, legal reasoning, and social choice theory
- The first systematic treatment of preference change, and its relation to belief revision
- A richer model for preference structure which can advance current studies of agency
- An introduction to modern developments in dynamic logic
Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 354)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Introduction
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Dynamics of Information
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Preference over Worlds
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Preference from Priorities
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A Two-Level Perspective on Preference
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Applications and Discussions
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"This is an excellent book. It offers a clear and concise overview of dynamic preference logic and logics that can reason about both beliefs and preferences. Fenrong has managed to provide an accessible and comprehensive overview of recent work in this area, including very interesting connections with deontic logic and game theory. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in using logical models to reason about rational agents." Eric Pacuit, Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science, The Netherlands
"Reasoning about Preference Dynamics is an innovative and unusually well-written account of human preferences and how they change. It is a must for anyone interested in the dynamics of preferences." Sven Ove Hansson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
"This nice book presents a survey of preference logics and preference dynamics, very much state-of-the-art, and Fenrong Liu is extremely well-informed about the relevant literature. She has a remarkable talent on how to restrict herself to the essentials, in order to convey the message and produce something very readable." Hans van Ditmarsch, University of Sevilla, Spain
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About the author
Rationality, and Intelligent Interaction (LORI). Her research is aimed at understanding how information changes guide rational agency in terms of beliefs and preference, and in modelling similarities and differences between agents, making room for agent diversity in logic. In addition, she pursues an active program in Chinese Ancient Logic, reading Chinese old texts by modern logical theories.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reasoning about Preference Dynamics
Authors: Fenrong Liu
Series Title: Synthese Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1344-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Netherlands 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-1343-7Published: 01 June 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3630-6Published: 15 July 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-1344-4Published: 30 May 2011
Series ISSN: 0166-6991
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 204
Topics: Logic, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Information Systems and Communication Service, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Semantics