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Bradley, Richard

Professor Richard Bradley  

Department

Position held

Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS)

Professor of Philosophy

 

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

Professor of Philosophy

 

Experience keywords:

decision theory; hypothetical reasoning; philosophy of economics; social choice theory

Research summary > [Click to expand]

Professor Bradley works primarily in decision theory and especially on the role of hypothetical reasoning in deliberation and on belief and preference change, in the context of both individual and group choice problems. He also has broad interests in the philosophy of social science and the foundations of social theory.

Languages:

Afrikaans [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7333

LSE email:

r.bradley@lse.ac.uk

Publications

2017

Bradley, Richard (2017) Supporters and underminers: reply to Chandler Mind, 126 (502). 603-608. ISSN 0026-4423

Bradley, Richard and Helgeson, Casey and Hill, Brian (2017) Climate change assessments: confidence, probability and decision Philosophy of Science, 84 (3). 500-522. ISSN 0031-8248

Bradley, Richard (2017) Learning from others: conditioning versus averaging Theory and Decision. ISSN 0040-5833

Bradley, Richard (2017) Decision theory with a human face Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780511760105

Bradley, Richard and Stefansson, H. Orii (2017) Counterfactual desirability British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 68 (2). 485-533. ISSN 0007-0882

Bradley, Richard and Stefansson, H. Orii (2017) What is risk aversion? British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. ISSN 0007-0882

2016

Bradley, Richard (2016) Ellsberg's Paradox and the value of chances Economics and Philosophy, 32 (2). 231-248. ISSN 0266-2671

Bradley, Richard and Stefansson, H. Orii (2016) Desire, expectation, and invariance Mind, 125 (499). 691-725. ISSN 0026-4423

2015

Bradley, Richard and Steele, Katie (2015) Making climate decisions Philosophy Compass, 10 (11). 799-810. ISSN 1747-9991

Stefansson, H. Orii and Bradley, Richard (2015) How valuable are chances? Philosophy of Science, 82 (4). 602-625. ISSN 0031-8248

Dietrich, Franz and List, Christian and Bradley, Richard (2015) Belief revision generalized: a joint characterization of Bayes's and Jeffrey's rules Journal of Economic Theory, 162. 352-371. ISSN 0022-0531

2014

Bradley, Richard and Dietrich, Franz and List, Christian (2014) Aggregating causal judgments Philosophy of Science, 81 (4). 491-515. ISSN 0031-8248

2013

Bradley, Richard and Drechsler, Mareile (2013) Types of uncertainty Erkenntnis, 79 (6). 1225-1248. ISSN 0165-0106

2012

Bradley, Richard and Thompson, Christopher (2012) A (mainly epistemic) case for multiple-vote majority rule Episteme, 9 (01). 63-79. ISSN 1742-3600

Bradley, Richard (2012) Restricting preservation: a response to Hill Mind, 121 (481). 147-159. ISSN 0026-4423

Bradley, R. and Wagner, C. (2012) Realistic opinion aggregation: Lehrer-Wagner with a finite set of opinion values Episteme, 9 (2). 91-99. ISSN 1742-3600

Bradley, Richard (2012) Multidimensional possible-world semantics for conditionals Philosophical Review, 121 (4). 539-571. ISSN 0031-8108

2011

Bradley, Richard (2011) Conditionals and supposition-based reasoning Topoi, 30 (1). 39-45. ISSN 0167-7411

2010

Bradley, Richard (2010) Proposition-valued random variables as information Synthese, 175 (Supp1). 17-38. ISSN 0039-7857

2009

Bradley, Richard and List, Christian (2009) Desire-as-belief revisited Analysis, 69 (1). 31-37. ISSN 0003-2638

Bradley, Richard (2009) Preference kinematics In: Grüne-Yanoff, Till and Hansson, Sven Ove, (eds.) Preference Change: Approaches From Philosophy, Economics and Psychology. Theory and decision library A, 42. Springer, Berlin, Germany & New York, USA, 221-242. ISBN 9789048125920

Bradley, Richard (2009) Revising incomplete attitudes Synthese, 171 (2). 235-256. ISSN 0039-7857

Bradley, Richard (2009) Becker’s thesis and three models of preference change Politics, Philosophy and Economics, 8 (2). 223-242. ISSN 1470-594X

2008

Bradley, Richard and List, Christian (2008) Desire-as-belief revisited LSE Choice Group working paper series, The Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS), London School of Economics, London, UK.

Bradley, Richard (2008) V-comparing evaluations Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 108 (1part1). 85-100. ISSN 0066-7374

Bradley, Richard (2008) Becker's thesis and three models of preference change LSE Choice Group working paper series, The Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS), London School of Economics, London, UK.

2007

Bradley, Richard (2007) A defence of the Ramsey Test Mind, 116 (461). 1-21. ISSN 0026-4423

Bradley, Richard (2007) Impartiality in 'Weighing Lives' Philosophical Books, 48 (4). 292-302. ISSN 0031-8051

Bradley, Richard (2007) Consensus by aggregation and deliberation Hommage a Wlodek: Philosophical Papers Dedicated to Wlodek Rabinowicz (1 January 2007) Website

Bradley, Richard (2007) Reaching a consensus LSE Choice Group working paper series, The Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS), London, UK.

Bradley, Richard (2007) Reaching a consensus Social Choice and Welfare, 29 (4). 609-632. ISSN 1432-217X

Bradley, Richard (2007) A unified Bayesian decision theory Theory and Decision, 63 (3). 233-263. ISSN 1573-7187

Bradley, Richard (2007) The kinematics of belief and desire Synthese, 156 (3). 513-535. ISSN 1573-0964

2006

Bradley, Richard (2006) Taking advantage of difference of opinion Episteme, 3 (3). 141-155. ISSN 1742-3600

Bradley, Richard (2006) Adams conditionals and non-monotonic probabilities Journal of Logic, Language and Information, 15 (1-2). 65-81. ISSN 0925-8531

Bradley, Richard and Dietrich, Franz and List, Christian (2006) Aggregating causal judgements Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Bradley, Richard (2006) A unified Bayesian decision theory LSE Choice Group working paper series, The Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS), London, UK.

2005

Bradley, Richard (2005) Bayesian utilitarianism and probability homogeneity Social Welfare and Choice, 24 (2). 221-251. ISSN 0176-1714

Bradley, Richard (2005) Ramsey's representation theorem Dialectica, 58 (4). 483-497. ISSN 0012-2017

Bradley, Richard (2005) Radical probabilism and Bayesian conditioning Philosophy of Science, 72 (2). 342-364. ISSN 0031-8248

2004

Bradley, Richard (2004) Ramsey’s representation theorem Dialectica, 58 (4). 483-497. ISSN 0012-2017

2002

Bradley, Richard (2002) Indicative conditionals Erkenntnis, 56 (3). 345-378. ISSN 0165-0106

Bradley, Richard (2002) 'The kinematics of belief and desire Erkenntnis, 56 (3). 345-378. ISSN 0165-0106

Bradley, Richard (2002) Les Conditionnels et la Revision des Croyances In: Livet, Pierre, (ed.) Révision des Croyances. Traité Des Sciences Cognitives. Hermes Science Publications, Paris, France, 67-82. ISBN 9782746204690

Bradley, Richard (2002) Book review: John Broome 'ethics out of economics' Mind, 111 (444). 837-841. ISSN 0026-4423

2001

Bradley, Richard (2001) Book review: James M. Joyce 'foundations of causal decision theory' Economics and Philosophy, 17 (2). 275-294. ISSN 0266-2671

Bradley, Richard (2001) Ramsey and the measurement of belief In: Corfield, David and Williamson, Jon, (eds.) Foundations of Bayesianism. Applied logic series. Kluwer Academic Publishers, London, UK, 263-290. ISBN 9781402002236

2000

Bradley, Richard (2000) Book review: Steven Rappaport 'models and reality in economics' Economics and Philosophy, 16 (1). 147-174. ISSN 0266-2671

Bradley, Richard (2000) Conditionals and the logic of decision Philosophy of Science, 67 (S1 [Pr). S18-S32. ISSN 0031-8248

Bradley, Richard (2000) A preservation condition for conditionals Analysis, 60 (267). 219-222. ISSN 0003-2638

1999

Bradley, Richard (1999) Book review: Roger Backhouse 'explorations in economic methodology: from Lakatos to empirical philosophy of science' British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 50 (2). 316-318. ISSN 0007-0882

Bradley, Richard (1999) More triviality Journal of Philosophical Logic, 28 (2). 129-139. ISSN 0022-3611

Bradley, Richard (1999) Conditional desirability Theory and Decision, 47 (1). 23-55. ISSN 1573-7187

1998

Bradley, Richard (1998) A representation theorem for a decision theory with conditionals Synthese, 116 (2). 187-229. ISSN 1573-0964

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