Author : K. G. Binmore
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 46,42 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262024440
Written for an interdisciplinary audience, Just Playing offers a panoramic tour through a range of new and disturbing insights that game theory brings to anthropology, biology, economics, philosophy, and psychology.
Author : K. G. Binmore
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 23,18 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Game theory
ISBN :
"In Game Theory and the Social Contract, Ken Binmore argues that game theory provides a systematic tool for investigating ethical matters. His reinterpretation of classical social contract ideas within a game-theoretic framework generates new insights into the fundamental questions of social philosophy. He clears the way for this ambitious endeavor by first focusing on foundational issues - paying particular attention to the failings of recent attempts to import game - theoretic ideas into social and political philosophy. Binmore shows how ideas drawn from the classic expositions of Harsanyi and Rawls produce a synthesis that is consistent with the modern theory of noncooperative games. In the process, he notes logical weaknesses in other analyses of social cooperation and coordination, such as those offered by Rousseau, Kant, Gauthier, and Nozick. He persuasively argues that much of the current literature elaborates a faulty analysis of an irrelevant game." Publisher's description.
Author : Brian Skyrms
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 19,84 MB
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1107434289
This new edition further develops the application of evolutionary game theory to an analysis of the origins of social contracts.
Author : K. G. Binmore
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 13,22 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262023566
seventeen contributions reflecting the many diverse approaches in the field todayThese seventeen contributions take up the most recent research in game theory, reflecting the many diverse approaches in the field today. They are classified in five general tactical categories - prediction, explanation, investigation, description, and prescription - and wit in these along applied and theoretical divisions. The introduction clearly lays out this framework.
Author : K. G. Binmore
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 39,6 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262023634
Binmore argues that game theory provides a systematic tool for investigating ethical matters.
Author : Ken Binmore
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 10,15 MB
Release : 2005-03-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0198039646
This book lays out foundations for a "science of morals." Binmore uses game theory as a systematic tool for investigating ethical matters. He reinterprets classical social contract ideas within a game-theory framework and generates new insights into the fundamental questions of social philosophy. In contrast to the previous writing in moral philosophy that relied on vague notion such as " societal well-being" and "moral duty," Binmore begins with individuals; rational decision-makers with the ability to empathize with one another. Any social arrangement that prescribes them to act against their interests will become unstable and eventually will be replaced by another, until one is found that includes worthwhile actions for all individuals involved.
Author : Colin Bird
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 29,3 MB
Release : 1999-05-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521641284
This book challenges us to look at liberal political ideas in a fresh way. Colin Bird examines the assumption, held both by liberals and by their strongest critics, that the values and ideals of the liberal political tradition cohere around a distinctively 'individualist' conception of the relation between individuals, society and the state. He concludes that the formula of 'liberal individualism' conceals fundamental conflicts between liberal views of these relations, conflicts that neither liberals nor their critics have adequately recognized. His interesting and provocative study develops a powerful criticism of the libertarian forms of 'liberal individualism' which have risen to prominence, and suggests that by taking this term for granted, theorists have exaggerated the unity and integrity of liberal political ideals and limited our perception of the issues they raise.
Author : Robert Axelrod
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 19,26 MB
Release : 1997-08-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1400822300
Robert Axelrod is widely known for his groundbreaking work in game theory and complexity theory. He is a leader in applying computer modeling to social science problems. His book The Evolution of Cooperation has been hailed as a seminal contribution and has been translated into eight languages since its initial publication. The Complexity of Cooperation is a sequel to that landmark book. It collects seven essays, originally published in a broad range of journals, and adds an extensive new introduction to the collection, along with new prefaces to each essay and a useful new appendix of additional resources. Written in Axelrod's acclaimed, accessible style, this collection serves as an introductory text on complexity theory and computer modeling in the social sciences and as an overview of the current state of the art in the field. The articles move beyond the basic paradigm of the Prisoner's Dilemma to study a rich set of issues, including how to cope with errors in perception or implementation, how norms emerge, and how new political actors and regions of shared culture can develop. They use the shared methodology of agent-based modeling, a powerful technique that specifies the rules of interaction between individuals and uses computer simulation to discover emergent properties of the social system. The Complexity of Cooperation is essential reading for all social scientists who are interested in issues of cooperation and complexity.
Author : K. G. Binmore
Publisher :
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 36,73 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Game theory
ISBN : 9780262023634
Author : Michael Moehler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 31,84 MB
Release : 2024-04-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198878672
This book features new approaches to social contract theory. Whereas traditional social contract theories and their adaptations in the twentieth century were developed for fairly homogeneous societies, societies in the twenty-first century often are characterized by conflicting first-order directives that stem from deep moral, political, religious, and cultural diversity. To address such diversity and the complexities of contemporary societies, new approaches (including formal approaches) to social contract theory have emerged that re-envision the social contract for a fragmented and sometimes polarized, yet interdependent social world. New social contract theory explores how, in a world of continuous disagreement on questions of justice, in particular the ideals of liberty and equality, society can not only progress, but also flourish and become more robust and open in its social fabric. This book brings together, for the first time, defenders and discussants of new social contract theory. It includes contributions by eminent and emerging scholars in this field. The book clarifies the distinct features of new social contract theory and provides a valuable starting point for discussion of this novel movement in social contract theory.
