The pursuit of happiness : philosophical and psychological foundations of utility / Louis Narens and Brian Skyrms.

The pursuit of happiness : philosophical and psychological foundations of utility / Louis Narens and Brian Skyrms.

First edition.

9780191889721 (electronic book)

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

English

1 online resource : illustrations.

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171.5

Utilitarianism began as a movement for social reform that changed the world. To understand Utilitarianism, we must understand utility - how is it to be measured, and how aggregate utility of a group can be understood. The authors, a cognitive scientist and a philosopher, pursue these questions from Bentham to the present, examining psychophysics, positivism, measurement theory, meaningfulness, neuropsychology, representation theorems, and dynamics of formation of conventions.

Utilitarianism began as a movement for social reform that changed the world. To understand Utilitarianism, we must understand utility - how is it to be measured, and how aggregate utility of a group can be understood. The authors, a cognitive scientist and a philosopher, pursue these questions from Bentham to the present, examining psychophysics, positivism, measurement theory, meaningfulness, neuropsychology, representation theorems, and dynamics of formation of conventions.

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