PHIL 211 - Basic Decision Theory (3cr.)

Credit(s): 3

BASIC DECISION THEORY
Component: Lecture
Rational decision-making using only elementary logic and high-school algebra. Decisions under ignorance: max-min rules for preference orderings. Decisions under risk: probability, utility, and the expected-utility rule. Game theory: equilibrium strategies; prisoner’s dilemma. Social choices: voting paradoxes and Arrow’s theorem.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
University Breadth: Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept

General Education Objectives:
Analyze Arguments and Information Reason QuantitativelyReason Computationally Reason Scientifically