Epistemic Game Theory and Logic

• Main Author: Paul Weirich (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2017
• Subjects: Bayesian game theory; interactive epistemology; common knowledge; epistemic logic; epistemic game theory; backwards induction
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Game theory addresses situations with multiple agents in which the outcome of an agent's act depends on the acts of the other agents. The agents may be mindless organisms. Epistemic game theory addresses games in which the agents have minds. An agent reasons about the acts of other agents and-i...