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

Author
Gintis, Herbert [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
Description
xviii, 286 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

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      Summary note
      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.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-281) and index.
      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 mixing problem : purification and conjectures
      • Bayesian rationality and social epistemology
      • Common knowledge and Nash equilibrium
      • Reflective reason and equilibrium refinements
      • The analytics of human sociality
      • The evolution of property rights
      • The unification of the behavioral sciences
      • Summary
      • Table of symbols.
      ISBN
      • 9780691140520 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
      • 0691140529 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
      LCCN
      2008036522
      OCLC
      244339607
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