ELFT HÍRADÓ

[László E.Szabó <leszabo AT hps.elte.hu>]

ELTE TTK Tudomanytortenet es Tudomanyfilozofia Tanszek 
Budapest, Pazmany P. setany 1/A

TUDOMANYFILOZOFIA SZEMINARIUM
(http://hps.elte.hu/seminar)
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 Majus 15. 
 12:30  
 6. em. 6.54

 A m b r u s - L a k a t o s   L o r a n d

 CEU, Department of Political Science and Economics

GAME THEORY: ITS AMBITION TO SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION OF  THE SOCIAL
SCIENCES AND OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY

Game theory presents itself as the study of collective decision making.
It has however come under frequent attacks on the ground that its
demands for human rationality are overly stringent. It responded to
these challenges  vigorously by the imposition of the construct of
evolutionary games. In this  talk I suggest to consider, in turn, the
structure of its so-called solution (or  equilibrium) concepts. These
concepts can be assessed independently  from the norms of rationality
the theory tends to entail. However, as I will  argue, none of the
equilibrium concepts leave room for truly  interdependent choice and
thus the theory should be seen as unable to  address a large range of
issues in the social sciences and in moral  philosophy - an
embarrassment given its wide-ranging ambitions. I will  demonstrate this
claim by the example of the Prisoner's Dilemma and will  especially
consider the extent to which this game can contribute to the  discussion
of central issues in moral philosophy. 
 In the talk, I will present the relevant solution concepts in their 
full-fledged mathematical form so that we will be able attend without 
hindrance to their conceptual structure.  

Ha mindenki beszel magyarul, akkor az eloadas magyarul lesz!



A szeminarium szervezoje: E. Szabo Laszlo
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Laszlo E. Szabo
Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32.
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