The Covenant of Reason: Rationality and the

Isaac Levi is one of the preeminent philosophers in the areas of pragmatic rationality and epistemology. This collection of essays presents his original and influential ideas about rational choice and belief. A wide range of topics is covered, including consequentialism and sequential choice, consensus, voluntarism of belief, and the tolerance of opinions. This major collection will be of interest to a wide range of philosophers in epistemology, logic, and philosophy of science, as well as economists, decision theorists, and statisticians.

Introduction

vii

1 Rationality and commitment

1

(18)

2 Rationality, prediction, and autonomous choice

19

(21)

3 The logic of full belief

40

(30)

4 Consequentialism and sequential choice

70

(32)

5 Prediction, deliberation, and correlated equilibrium

102

(15)

6 On indeterminate probabilities

117

(28)

7 Consensus as shared agreement and outcome of inquiry

145

(9)

8 Compromising Bayesianism: A plea for indeterminacy

154

(19)

9 Pareto unanimity and consensus

173

(12)

10 The paradoxes of Allais and Ellsberg

185

(32)

11 Conflict and inquiry

217

(22)

12 The ethics of controversy

239

(16)

Name Index

255

(2)

Subject Index

257

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The Covenant of Reason: Rationality and the Commitments of Thought

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