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Game Theory and Mutual Misunderstanding: Scientific Dialogues in Five Acts

By Professor Mamoru Kaneko (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2005
ISBN
3540222952, 9783540222958
DOI
10.1007/b138120
Google Books ID
IesYxm6E3ocC
Open Library ID
OL9054822M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11250037 bytes)
Series
Studies in Economic Theory 21
Edition
1
Pages
248\259
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40
EconomicsGame Theory/Mathematical Methods; Game TheorySocial and Behav. Sciences; Philosophy

Description

This book consists of five acts and two interludes, which are all written as dialogues between three main characters and other supporting characters. Each act discusses the epistemological, institutional and methodological foundations of game theory and economics, while using various stories and examples. A featured aspect of those discussions is that many forms of mutual misunderstanding are involved in social situations as well as in those fields themselves. One Japanese traditional comic story called the Konnyaku Mondo is representative and gives hints of how our thought is constrained by incorrect beliefs. Each dialogue critically examines extant theories and common misunderstanding in game theory and economics in order to find possible future developments of those fields.

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