Community-based reasoning in games: salience, rule-following, and counterfactuals (Q725062)
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Community-based reasoning in games: salience, rule-following, and counterfactuals (English)
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1 August 2018
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Summary: This paper develops a game-theoretic and epistemic account of a peculiar mode of practical reasoning that sustains focal points but also more general forms of rule-following behavior which I call community-based reasoning (CBR). It emphasizes the importance of counterfactuals in strategic interactions. In particular, the existence of rules does not reduce to observable behavioral patterns but also encompasses a range of counterfactual beliefs and behaviors. This feature was already at the core of Wittgenstein's philosophical account of rule-following. On this basis, I consider the possibility that CBR may provide a rational basis for cooperation in the prisoner's dilemma.
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community-based reasoning
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epistemic logic
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game theory
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rule-following
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counterfactuals
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