Explaining Games: The Epistemic Programme in Game Theory (Synthese Library, 346) - gebunden oder broschiert

EAN (ISBN-13): 9781402099052
ISBN (ISBN-10): 1402099053
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Herausgeber: Springer
175 Seiten
Gewicht: 0,453 kg
Sprache: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 1402099053

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1-4020-9905-3, 978-1-4020-9905-2
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Autor des Buches: boudewijn, paul bruin
Titel des Buches: games, theory game, synthese, the game

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Daten vom Verlag:

Autor/in: Boudewijn de Bruin
Titel: Synthese Library; Explaining Games - The Epistemic Programme in Game Theory
Verlag: Springer; Springer Netherland
178 Seiten
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010-09-18
Dordrecht; NL
Gedruckt / Hergestellt in Niederlande.
Sprache: Englisch
106,99 € (DE)
109,99 € (AT)
118,00 CHF (CH)
POD
XVIII, 178 p.

BB; Hardcover, Softcover / Philosophie/Allgemeines, Lexika; Wissenschaftsphilosophie und -theorie; Verstehen; Epistemic logic; Games; Knowledge; Philosophy of Science; Rational choice theory; Rationality; game theory; science; Philosophy of Science; Econometrics; Applications of Mathematics; Logic; Quantitative Economics; Game Theory; Ökonometrie und Wirtschaftsstatistik; Angewandte Mathematik; Philosophie: Logik; Wirtschaftstheorie und -philosophie; Spieltheorie; EA; BC

Does game theory - the mathematical theory of strategic interaction - provide genuine explanations of human behaviour? Can game theory be used in economic consultancy or other normative contexts? Explaining Games: The Epistemic Programme in Game Theory - the first monograph on the philosophy of game theory - is a bold attempt to combine insights from epistemic logic and the philosophy of science to investigate the applicability of game theory in such fields as economics, philosophy and strategic consultancy. De Bruin proves new mathematical theorems about the beliefs, desires and rationality principles of individual human beings, and he explores in detail the logical form of game theory as it is used in explanatory and normative contexts. He argues that game theory reduces to rational choice theory if used as an explanatory device, and that game theory is nonsensical if used as a normative device. A provocative account of the history of game theory reveals that this is not bad news for all of game theory, though. Two central research programmes in game theory tried to find the ultimate characterisation of strategic interaction between rational agents. Yet, while the Nash Equilibrium Refinement Programme has done badly thanks to such research habits as overmathematisation, model-tinkering and introversion, the Epistemic Programme, De Bruin argues, has been rather successful in achieving this aim.
Draws together research in epistemic logic and the philosophy of the social sciences Provides the first book-length contribution to the emerging field of philosophy of game theory Gives a fascinating, new account of payoff-uncertainty Offers a new interpretation of the Nash Equilibrium Refinement Programme and the Epistemic Programme Examines the applicability of game theory in the social sciences and philosophy