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The Logics of Preference

A Study of Prohairetic Logics in Twentieth Century Philosophy

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  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. Nicholas J. Moutafakis

    1. Cleveland State University, USA

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Part of the book series: Episteme (EPIS, volume 14)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Nicholas J. Moutafakis
      Pages 1-9

  3. The Objectivist Approach Toward the Formalization of Preferences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Prototheoretic Attempts Toward a Logic of Preference

      • Nicholas J. Moutafakis
      Pages 13-55

    3. Aristotelean Reflections in Richard M. Martin’s Extensionalized Pragmatics of Preference

      • Nicholas J. Moutafakis
      Pages 57-88

    4. Rescher’s Logic of Preference and Linguistic Analysis

      • Nicholas J. Moutafakis
      Pages 89-117

    5. Richard C. Jeffrey’s Logic of First and Higher-Order Preferences

      • Nicholas J. Moutafakis
      Pages 119-164

  4. The Subjectivist Approach Toward the Formalization of Preferences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. Soren Hallden’s “Puristic” Logic of the Better and Same

      • Nicholas J. Moutafakis
      Pages 167-190

    3. The Many Modal Interpretations of Prohairetic Logic: Aqvist, Chisholm, Sosa and Hansson

      • Nicholas J. Moutafakis
      Pages 191-219

    4. Von Wright’s Logic of Propositions Expressing Preferences

      • Nicholas J. Moutafakis
      Pages 221-255

    5. Hochberg on the Logic of “Extrinsic Epistemic Preferability”

      • Nicholas J. Moutafakis
      Pages 257-268

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 259-287
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Cleveland State University, USA

    Nicholas J. Moutafakis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Logics of Preference

  • Book Subtitle: A Study of Prohairetic Logics in Twentieth Century Philosophy

  • Authors: Nicholas J. Moutafakis

  • Series Title: Episteme

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3975-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2591-2Published: 30 September 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8263-1Published: 17 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3975-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 288

  • Topics: Logic

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