Explaining Games The Epistemic Programme in Game Theory /

• Main Author: de Bruin, Boudewijn (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 346
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Logic.; Philosophy and science.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Game theory.; Economic theory.; Econometrics.; Philosophy of Science.; Applications of Mathematics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.

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...