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  • The Bounds of Reason: Game Theory and the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences - Revised Edition
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  • Herbert Gintis
  • 2014
  • Published by: Princeton University Press
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Game theory is central to understanding human behavior and relevant to all of the behavioral sciences—from biology and economics, to anthropology and political science. However, as The Bounds of Reason demonstrates, game theory alone cannot fully explain human behavior and should instead complement other key concepts championed by the behavioral disciplines. Herbert Gintis shows that just as game theory without broader social theory is merely technical bravado, so social theory without game theory is a handicapped enterprise. This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated.

Reinvigorating game theory, The Bounds of Reason offers innovative thinking for the behavioral sciences.

Table of Contents

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication, Epigraph
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  1. Contents
  2. p. vii
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xi-xvii
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  1. 1 Decision Theory and Human Behavior
  2. pp. 1-32
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  1. 2 Game Theory: Basic Concepts
  2. pp. 33-47
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  1. 3 Game Theory and Human Behavior
  2. pp. 48-85
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  1. 4 Rationalizability and Common Knowledge of Rationality
  2. pp. 86-105
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  1. 5 Extensive Form Rationalizability
  2. pp. 106-122
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  1. 6 The Logical Antinomies of Knowledge
  2. pp. 123-130
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  1. 7 The Mixing Problem: Purification and Conjectures
  2. pp. 131-141
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  1. 8 Bayesian Rationality and Social Epistemology
  2. pp. 142-155
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  1. 9 Common Knowledge and Nash Equilibrium
  2. pp. 156-173
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  1. 10 The Analytics of Human Sociality
  2. pp. 174-193
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  1. 11 The Unification of the Behavioral Sciences
  2. pp. 194-220
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  1. 12 Summary
  2. pp. 221-224
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  1. 13 Table of Symbols
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  1. References
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  1. Subject Index
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  1. Author Index
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