Common reasoning in games: a Lewisian analysis of common knowledge of rationality
Abstract: We present a new class of models of players’ reasoning in non-cooperative games, inspired by David Lewis’s account of common knowledge. We argue that the models in this class formalise common knowledge of rationality in a way that is distinctive, in virtue of modelling steps of reasonin...
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| description | Abstract: We present a new class of models of players’ reasoning in non-cooperative games, inspired by David Lewis’s account of common knowledge. We argue that the models in this class formalise common knowledge of rationality in a way that is distinctive, in virtue of modelling steps of reasoning; and attractive, in virtue of being able to represent coherently common knowledge of any consistent standard of individual decision-theoretic rationality. We contrast our approach with that of Robert Aumann (1987), arguing that the former avoids and diagnoses certain paradoxes to which the latter may give rise when extended in particular ways. |
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| spelling | nottingham-277762020-05-04T16:54:50Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27776/ Common reasoning in games: a Lewisian analysis of common knowledge of rationality Cubitt, Robin P. Sugden, Robert Abstract: We present a new class of models of players’ reasoning in non-cooperative games, inspired by David Lewis’s account of common knowledge. We argue that the models in this class formalise common knowledge of rationality in a way that is distinctive, in virtue of modelling steps of reasoning; and attractive, in virtue of being able to represent coherently common knowledge of any consistent standard of individual decision-theoretic rationality. We contrast our approach with that of Robert Aumann (1987), arguing that the former avoids and diagnoses certain paradoxes to which the latter may give rise when extended in particular ways. Cambridge University Press 2014-11-01 Article PeerReviewed Cubitt, Robin P. and Sugden, Robert (2014) Common reasoning in games: a Lewisian analysis of common knowledge of rationality. Economics and Philosophy, 30 (3). pp. 285-329. ISSN 0266-2671 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0266267114000339 doi:10.1017/S0266267114000339 doi:10.1017/S0266267114000339 |
| spellingShingle | Cubitt, Robin P. Sugden, Robert Common reasoning in games: a Lewisian analysis of common knowledge of rationality |
| title | Common reasoning in games: a Lewisian analysis of common knowledge of rationality |
| title_full | Common reasoning in games: a Lewisian analysis of common knowledge of rationality |
| title_fullStr | Common reasoning in games: a Lewisian analysis of common knowledge of rationality |
| title_full_unstemmed | Common reasoning in games: a Lewisian analysis of common knowledge of rationality |
| title_short | Common reasoning in games: a Lewisian analysis of common knowledge of rationality |
| title_sort | common reasoning in games: a lewisian analysis of common knowledge of rationality |
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