Richard Bradley (philosopher) explained

Richard Bradley (born 13 December 1964) is a South African philosopher. He is a professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, a project leader at the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, and the former editor of the journal Economics and Philosophy.^[1]

Bradley is best known for work on decision theory, formal epistemology, semantics, and climate change policy.^[2] His PhD thesis began his work on decisions involving conditional attitudes, which culminates in his 2017 book Decision Theory with a Human Face.^[3]

On 22 July 2022, Bradley was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.^[4]

Biography

Bradley attended the University of Witwatersrand studying economics, politics and sociology. He holds an MSc in Social Philosophy from the LSE and completed his doctorate at the University of Chicago, under the supervision of Richard Jeffrey and David Malament.

Selected publications

• Book: Bradley, Richard . Decision Theory with a Human Face . Cambridge University Press . 11 October 2017 . 978-1-107-00321-7 . 10.1017/9780511760105.
• Bradley . R. . List . C. . Desire-as-belief revisited . Analysis . Oxford University Press (OUP) . 69 . 1 . 1 January 2009 . 0003-2638 . 10.1093/analys/ann005 . 31–37.
• Bradley . Richard . The kinematics of belief and desire . Synthese . Springer Science and Business Media LLC . 156 . 3 . 10 May 2007 . 0039-7857 . 10.1007/s11229-006-9136-7 . 513–535. 17765767 . 10.1.1.689.4579 .
• Bradley . R. . A Defence of the Ramsey Test . Mind . Oxford University Press (OUP) . 116 . 461 . 1 January 2007 . 0026-4423 . 10.1093/mind/fzm001 . 1–21.
• Bradley . Richard . Ramsey's Representation Theorem . Dialectica . Verein philosophie.ch . 58 . 4 . 23 June 2005 . 0012-2017 . 10.1111/j.1746-8361.2004.tb00320.x . 483–497.
• Bradley . Richard . A representation theorem for a decision theory with conditionals . Synthese . Springer Science and Business Media LLC . 116 . 2 . 1998 . 0039-7857 . 10.1023/a:1005030124500 . 187–229. 40941621 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Richard Bradley. London School of Economics and Political. Science. London School of Economics and Political Science.
2. Web site: Richard Bradley. personal.lse.ac.uk.
3. Book: Bradley, Richard. Decision Theory with a Human Face by Richard Bradley. Cambridge Core. 2017. 10.1017/9780511760105. 978-1-107-00321-7.
4. Web site: Record number of women elected to the British Academy . The British Academy . 14 August 2022 . en . 22 July 2022.