Reasoning about Preference Dynamics

• Main Author: Liu, Fenrong (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 354
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Logic.; Computers.; Semantics.; Economic theory.; Social sciences.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Information Systems and Communication Service.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

Our preferences determine how we act and think, but exactly what the mechanics are and how they work is a central cause of concern in many disciplines. This book uses techniques from modern logics of information flow and action to develop a unified new theory of what preference is and how it changes...