Logic of Strategy

by Cristina Bicchieri (Editor), Richard Jeffrey (Editor), Brian Skyrms (Editor)

Edited by three leading figures in the field, this exciting volume presents cutting-edge work in decision theory by a distinguished international roster of contributors. These mostly unpublished papers address a host of crucial areas in the contemporary philosophical study of rationality and knowledge. Topics include causal versus evidential decision theory, game theory, backwards induction, bounded rationality, counterfactual reasoning in games and in general, analyses of the famous common knowledge assumptions in game theory, and evaluations of the normal versus extensive form formulations of complex decision problems.

208 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Cristina Bicchieri is the SJP Harvie Professor of Social Thought and Comparative Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, and director of the Philosophy, Politics and Economics program.

She is a foremost scholar of rational choice and philosophy of social science, and a leader in behavioral ethics.