For what it’s worth, I haven’t found any of the Cambridge Introduction to Philosophy series to be particularly good. The general sense I have is that they’re better used as a reference if you can’t remember exactly how the professor explained something, than as a source to actually try to learn the topic independently. That being said, I haven’t read the Decision theory one, so take this with a grain of salt.
Huh. It was recommended by Luke in the Best Textbooks post, and it seemed to have positive reviews. Maybe it’s comparatively better than the series in general?
I thought the explanations were just poorly written. But given that Luke, and other seem to have reviewed it positively, I’d guess that it is substantially better than others.
For what it’s worth, I haven’t found any of the Cambridge Introduction to Philosophy series to be particularly good. The general sense I have is that they’re better used as a reference if you can’t remember exactly how the professor explained something, than as a source to actually try to learn the topic independently. That being said, I haven’t read the Decision theory one, so take this with a grain of salt.
Huh. It was recommended by Luke in the Best Textbooks post, and it seemed to have positive reviews. Maybe it’s comparatively better than the series in general?
What didn’t you like about them?
I thought the explanations were just poorly written. But given that Luke, and other seem to have reviewed it positively, I’d guess that it is substantially better than others.