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Vol.2Philosophy of Uncertainty and Medical Decisions

First edition, 2006

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Masaki Ichinose
Introduction

PART ONE
THE PHILOSOPHY OF FACING UNCERTAINTY: EPISTEMIC LIMITS, PROBABILITY, AND DECISION
Masaki Ichinose
Bayesianism, Medical Decision, and Responsibility
Daisuke Kachi
Is a Decision-Theorist a Friend or Foe of a Bayesian-Theorist? Comments on Professor Ichinosefs Paper
Colin McKenzie
Confirmation in Economics
Graham Priest
The Limits of Knowledge
Takashi Iida
Comments on gThe Limits of Knowledgeh
Colin Howson
The Logic of Probable Inference
Kazuo Shigemasu
Comment: The Logic of Probable Inference
Donald Gillies
Subjective and Objective Probabilities in Medical Decision Making
Nobuharu Tanji
Some Questions for Professor Gillies
Timothy Williamson
Probability and the Notion of Luminosity

PART TWO
CHOICES ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH
Isao Kamae
Decision Making in Medicine
Tetsuro Shimizu
The Decision-Making Process in Medicine: Treatment Choices That Affect Life and Death
Toshihiro Suzuki
The Choice between Life and Death: Reports of Actual Medical Lawsuits
Takashi Asao
From the Health-Care Economics Point of View: Information, Philosophy, and Decision-Making

PART THREE
SYMPOSIUM ON CONSENT AND DECISION CONCERNING LIFE AND DEATH
The Authors
DALS Organization

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