RICHARD C JEFFREY The LObIE DECISIONPeers Naa ater Ren geet ince publication of the first edition in 1965, The Logic of Decision has become a classic work in the philosophical foundations and implications of decision theory. Richard Jeffrey added much new material for the second edition in 1983. “(The Logic of Decision} is written in the effortless and lucid style for which the author is known.. .. It touches ona rich variety of related philosophical topics, from the myth of the given to the free will problem, ina provocative and insightful way. For these reasons, it is not only for specialists but also would be quite suitable as a text ina philosophy course on decision theory or on foundations of probability froma Bayesian point of view.” —Brian Skyrms, Journal of Symbolic Logic “[Jeffrey] quite clearly probes very deeply into the structure of the Bayesian approach, .. . His stylé is lucid and his book is studded with instructive illustrations and exercises. Jeffrey has succeeded in writing a book which is both an original contribution at the frontier of his subject and an excellent textbook as well.” —Isaac Levi, Synthese “Here is a bools) written at a relatively elementary level—it could easilybe used as an undergraduate textbook — which not only Jays out an up-to-date outline of the subjectivistic theory of probability, utility, and choice, but makes signifi- cant advances in that theory.” “Henry E. Kyburg, Jr., Philosophical Review RICHARD C. JEFFREY is professor of philosophy at Princeton University. The University of Chicago Press Marana srr ee Tos tastersThe Logic of Decision