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The bounds of reason : game theory and the unification of the behavioral sciences / Herbert Gintis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2014.Edition: Revised paperback editionDescription: 265 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0691160848 (pbk.)
  • 9780691160849 (pbk.)
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Contents:
Decision theory and human behavior -- Game theory: basic concepts -- Game theory and human behavior -- Rationalizability and common knowledge of rationality -- Extensive form rationalizability -- The logical antinomies of knowledge -- The mixing problem: purification and conjectures -- Bayesian rationality and social epistemology -- Common knowledge and Nash equilibrium -- The analytics of human sociality -- The unification of the behavioral sciences -- Summary -- Table of symbols.
Summary: Game theory cannot fully explain human behaviour and should instead complement other key concepts championed by the behavioral disciplines. Gintis shows that just as game theory without broader social theory is merely technical bravado, so social theory without game theory is a handicapped enterprise.
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Game theory is central to understanding human behavior and relevant to all of the behavioral sciences--from biology and economics, to anthropology and political science. However, as The Bounds of Reason demonstrates, game theory alone cannot fully explain human behavior and should instead complement other key concepts championed by the behavioral disciplines. Herbert Gintis shows that just as game theory without broader social theory is merely technical bravado, so social theory without game theory is a handicapped enterprise. This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated.

Reinvigorating game theory, The Bounds of Reason offers innovative thinking for the behavioral sciences.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Decision theory and human behavior -- Game theory: basic concepts -- Game theory and human behavior -- Rationalizability and common knowledge of rationality -- Extensive form rationalizability -- The logical antinomies of knowledge -- The mixing problem: purification and conjectures -- Bayesian rationality and social epistemology -- Common knowledge and Nash equilibrium -- The analytics of human sociality -- The unification of the behavioral sciences -- Summary -- Table of symbols.

Game theory cannot fully explain human behaviour and should instead complement other key concepts championed by the behavioral disciplines. Gintis shows that just as game theory without broader social theory is merely technical bravado, so social theory without game theory is a handicapped enterprise.

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