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Preduction and Optimal Decision: Philosophical Issues of a Science of Values
Preduction and Optimal Decision Philosophical Issues of a Science of Values Author:C. West Churchman Scientific findings are becoming increasingly helpful to managers in their decision making. As this trend progresses, a careful analysis is needed to determine what kind of assistance this should be. Prediction and Optimal Decisions is concerned with the relationship between problems of value and problems of fact. Specifically, it regard the que... more »stion as the whether "science" can verify recommendations to managers, and if so, in what way. It discusses the extent to which the scientist can go in assisting the executive in making decisions. Starting with the individual decision maker, the progression is toward problems involved in group decisions, social decisions, and ethics. Two themes alternate throughout; routine problems and profound philosophical theories. The sources of ideas are in moral philosophy and in the philosophy of science with applications for the business executive.« less