Interactive Epistemology and Reasoning: On the Foundations of Game Theory

C.W. Bach

Interactive Epistemology and Reasoning: On the Foundations of Game Theory

C.W. Bach

Quantitative Economics

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Abstract

This PhD thesis is about epistemic game theory, which is a field that studies how people reason about their opponents before making a decision. So we are interested in what is going on in a person’s mind before he comes to choose. The analysis consists of two steps: First we try to describe the person’s way of reasoning by means of a formal mathematical model. Then, we ask which patterns of reasoning seem reasonable, and try to find out the choices that can be made under such natural ways of reasoning. The field of epistemic game theory is thus on the interface between psychology, philosophy, mathematics, economics, and decision theory.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	Maastricht University
Supervisors/Advisors	Duparc, J., Supervisor, External person Peters, Hans, Supervisor Perea y Monsuwé, Andrés, Co-Supervisor Bradley, R., Board member, External person Herings, Jean-Jacques, Board member Tomassini, M., Board member, External person Tsakas, Elias, Board member
Award date	12 Feb 2010
Place of Publication	Maastricht
Publisher	Datawyse / Universitaire Pers Maastricht
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2010

Keywords

Game theory
epistemic approach

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