Explaining Games The Epistemic Programme in Game Theory /

• Main Author: de Bruin, Boudewijn. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 346
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Logic.; Science > Philosophy.; Social sciences > Philosophy.; Mathematics.; Economics, Mathematical.; Philosophy.; Philosophy of Science.; Game Theory/Mathematical Methods.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9906-9

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...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Preliminaries
• Part I Epistemic Logic
• 2. Normal Formal Games
• 3. Extensive Games
• Part II Epistemology
• 4. Applications of Game Theory
• 5. The Methodology of Game Theory
• 6. Conclusion
• A. Notation, Definitions, Theorems
• References
• Index.