Dear all A reminder that we are not meeting this week – we resume next week.
Best wishes Huw. On 20 October 2015 at 17:31, Huw Price <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all > > Thanks to Yang, we now have an excellent webpage for the seminar, > here: http://yliu.net/teaching/dt15 > > There's reading listed there for this week, with a JSTOR link for the > main piece -- please try to have a look at that in advance. We'll be > looking at Jeffrey's decision theory, and Spohn's objections to it. > > See you on Thursday. > > Huw. > > > > On 12 October 2015 at 14:27, Huw Price <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all > > > > This week we'll be introducing Savage's Decision Theory. For background > > reading please see Ch 1 of Arif Ahmed's recent book, Evidence, Decision > and > > Causality (CUP 2014). The eBook version is available here: > > > http://ezproxy.lib.cam.ac.uk:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139107990 > > (Raven login required). > > > > We'll also be circulating some introductory notes provided by Yang, > later in > > the week. > > > > Best wishes > > Huw. > > > > > > On 5 October 2015 at 21:37, Huw Price <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Dear all > >> > >> This term, together with Yang Liu (newly arrived from Columbia as a > >> postdoc > >> in CSER), I'll be running a graduate seminar on Decision Theory. We'll > >> meet > >> Thursdays 11–12:30, in the Philosophy Common Room in the Faculty. > >> > >> We aim to cover some classic material and recent controversies, and to > try > >> to get far enough to see why issues in the philosophy of decision theory > >> seem to relevant to the theoretical challenges of friendly AI. > >> > >> There's a list of possible topics with suggested readings here – > >> > >> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/nsy1nmzil66civm/DecisionTheoryTopicsMT2015.pdf?dl=0 > >> – though we don't need to stick rigidly to this, and certainly don't > >> expect > >> that people attending will read everything listed. > >> > >> For the first meeting, this Thursday (8 October), could those planning > to > >> attend please read the highly accessible introduction of Arif Ahmed's > >> recent > >> book, Evidence, Decision and Causality (CUP 2014)? The eBook version is > >> available here: > >> > >> > http://ezproxy.lib.cam.ac.uk:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139107990 > >> (Raven login required). > >> > >> Please let me know if you have queries. > >> > >> Huw. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Huw Price > >> Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy > >> University of Cambridge > >> Mail: Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ > >> Ph & voicemail: +44 1223 (3)32987 > >> Web: prce.hu/w/ > > > > > > > > -- > > Huw Price > > Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy > > University of Cambridge > > Mail: Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ > > Ph & voicemail: +44 1223 (3)32987 > > Web: prce.hu/w/ > > > > -- > Huw Price > Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy > University of Cambridge > Mail: Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ > Ph & voicemail: +44 1223 (3)32987 > Web: prce.hu/w/ > -- Huw Price Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy Academic Director, CSER.ORG University of Cambridge Mail: Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ Ph & voicemail: +44 1223 (3)32987 Web: prce.hu/w/ _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
