Theory and Decision

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Philosophy and Logic

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. On Some Limits and Resources of Common-Sense Psychology

      • Robert Audi

      Pages 3-27

   3. Probability and Proportions

      • John L. Pollock

      Pages 29-66

   4. Why Substitutional Quantification Does Not Express Existence

      • Philip Hugly, Charles Sayward

      Pages 67-75

3. Methodology of Social Sciences

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77

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   2. Ideology and Science

      • Mario Bunge

      Pages 79-89

   3. Some Imperfections in the Scientific Communication System and a Possible Remedy

      • Ole Hagen

      Pages 91-106

   4. Value-Free Vs. Value-Conscious Social Sciences

      • Gerald L. Eberlein, O. P. Obermeier

      Pages 107-136

4. Economics and Social Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137

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   2. Public Bads and Socio-Moral Reasoning: The Case of the New Social Movements in Germany

      • Lucian Kern, Hans-Georg Räder

      Pages 139-168

   3. The Impact of Computers on Job Opportunities: An Analysis of Employment Trends, 1972–1982

      • H. L. Berghel, D. L. Sallach

      Pages 169-189

   4. Insurance Without Utility Theory

      • Karl Borch

      Pages 191-202

5. Game and Decision Theory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203

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   2. Three Theorems on the Theory of Cardinal Utility and Random Choice

      • Maurice Allais

      Pages 205-222

   3. Chairman Paradoxes Under Approval Voting

      • Steven J. Brams, Dan S. Felsenthal, Zeev Maoz

      Pages 223-233

   4. Some Recent Developments in Game Theory

      • John C. Harsanyi

      Pages 235-260

   5. Foundations of Preference

      • Thomas A. Cowan, Peter C. Fishburn

      Pages 261-271

   6. What Does Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem Tell Us?

      • Heinz J. Skala

      Pages 273-286

   7. Choice Processes, Computability and Complexity: Computable Choice Functions

      • Hans W. Gottinger

      Pages 287-300

This collection of articles contains contributions from a few of Werner Leinfellner's many friends and colleagues. Some of them are former students of Werner's. Others were colleagues of his at various American and European universities. Further, some have come to know Werner through his research, his long-standing editorship of Theory and Deci­ sion and his extensive participation in international conferences and congresses. The following articles are new to this volume. The areas covered are those in which Werner continues to play an active professional role. We offer them as a tribute to the many and multi-faceted contributions to the scientific enterprise for which Werner Leinfellner is so widely known. We believe such a festschrift to be fitting and long overdue. Because of the breadth of Werner's professional associations, it was difficult to select representatives from among his many spheres of influence. We apologize to the many scholars who could not be in­ cluded because of time and space considerations. Finally, we wish to express appreciation to Dean John Guilds of the University of Arkansas for providing financial support early on in the evolution of this project, to Jennifer Bauman for her bravura performance in copy-editing the manuscripts, and to our publisher at Reidel for bringing this volume to press.

• Common-Sense
• Germany
• communication
• complexity
• computer
• curriculum
• decision theory
• development
• employment
• game theory
• ideology
• methodology
• philosophy
• psychology
• voting

• Institute for Social Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Germany

  Gerald L. Eberlein

• Department of Computer Science, University of Arkansas, USA

  Hal Berghel

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