This book develops a framework for analysing strategic rationality, a notion central to contemporary game theory.
Robert C. Koons is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is author and editor of seven books, including most recently The Atlas of Reality (with Timothy Pickavance), and Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (with William Simpson and Nicholas Teh).
Preface; Introduction; The Scope of Paradox; The Significance of Paradox; Part I. Paradoxes; 1. Doxic paradoxes without self-reference; 2. Doxic paradoxes and reputation effects in iterated games; 3. A study of liar-like epistemic paradoxes; 4. A computational account of mutual belief; 5. A critique of context-insensitive solutions to the liar paradox; 6. Three context-sensitive solutions to the liar paradox; 7. Applying the context-sensitive solutions to doxic paradox; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.