Overview
- 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
Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 346)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Preliminaries
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Epistemic Logic
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Epistemology
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Adam Brandenburger, J. P. Valles Professor of Business Economics and Strategy, Stern School of Business, New York University
"Reading Boudewijn de Bruin's book should be rewarding both for game theorists interested in the conceptual foundations of their discipline and for philosophers who want to learn more about formal analysis of strategic interaction. It provides an in-depth logical study of the currently dominant epistemic approaches to non-cooperative games, with an eye both to the attractions and to the serious challenges facing the Epistemic Programme."
Wlodek Rabinowicz, Professor of Practical Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Lund University
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Book Title: Explaining Games
Book Subtitle: The Epistemic Programme in Game Theory
Authors: Boudewijn de Bruin
Series Title: Synthese Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9906-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9905-2Published: 18 September 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3331-2Published: 06 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-9906-9Published: 18 August 2010
Series ISSN: 0166-6991
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 178
Topics: Philosophy of Science, Econometrics, Applications of Mathematics, Logic, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences