Collective Rationality - Equilibrium in Cooperative Games

Zusatztext My overall conclusion is the Weirich's theory of collective rationality is a very precise! internally coherent! and highly impressive contribution to the literature. It deserves to be carefully studied in the years to come. Informationen zum Autor Paul Weirich is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Missouri. Klappentext Groups of people perform acts that are subject to standards of rationality. The book's theory of collective rationality explains how to evaluate collective acts. The people engaged in a game of strategy collectively produce an outcome, and the theory reveals what makes some outcomes solutions. It generates new equilibrium standards for solutions to cooperative games. Zusammenfassung Groups of people perform acts that are subject to standards of rationality. The book's theory of collective rationality explains how to evaluate collective acts. The people engaged in a game of strategy collectively produce an outcome, and the theory reveals what makes some outcomes solutions. It generates new equilibrium standards for solutions to cooperative games.

Summary

Groups of people perform acts that are subject to standards of rationality. The book's theory of collective rationality explains how to evaluate collective acts. The people engaged in a game of strategy collectively produce an outcome, and the theory reveals what makes some outcomes solutions. It generates new equilibrium standards for solutions to cooperative games.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Weirich, Weirich Paul
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.2009
• EAN: 9780195388381
• ISBN: 978-0-19-538838-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, MATHEMATICS / Game Theory, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, game theory, Philosophy: logic