UE459 - Decision Science [SOCSCI 202]

Intervenant·e·s

• Brian Hill [référent·e]   directeur de recherche, CNRS

This course will cover the principal results concerning and provide the basic mathematical, conceptual and experimental tools in the study of decision making in individual and strategic situations. It will be centered around the fundamental framework and concepts of decision theory and game theory, as developed by economic theorists, focussing on their connections and role in philosophy, experimental and behavioural economics, and relevant branches of psychology. 

The course is intended for students aiming to obtain a deep foundation in the formally-based, experimentally- and conceptually-informed decision sciences.

Ce cours couvrira les principaux résultats concernant de la prise de décision dans des situations individuelles et stratégiques, et fournira les outils mathématiques, conceptuels et expérimentaux pour l’étudier. Il sera centré sur le cadre fondamental et les concepts de la théorie de la décision et de la théorie des jeux, disciplines développées en théorie économique, en se concentrant sur leurs connexions avec et leurs rôles dans la philosophie, l'économie expérimentale et comportementale et les domaines pertinentes de la psychologie. 

Le cours est destiné aux étudiants qui souhaitent une formation approfondie aux sciences de la décision qui sont formellement fondées, tout en étant informées par les découvertes expérimentales et les analyses conceptuelles.

 Prerequisites:

A minimal basic level in mathematics is assumed

On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

• Analyse a wide range of real-life and laboratory decision making contexts (be they individual or strategic), identifying relevant factors and formally modelling them appropriately

• Apply and scrutinise a variety of central accounts of deliberate decision making and the potentially-impacting factors in the aforementioned situations

• Critically assess the normative credentials of a decision approach, notably in connection to existing philosophical and theoretical concepts and debates

• Appraise the descriptive validity of a decision-making approach, in the light of and in relation to notable findings and paradigms from behavioural economics and the psychology of judgement and decision making.