Game Theory: A Critical Text

Shaun Hargreaves Heap, Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap, Yanis Varoufakis

Psychology Press, 2004 - Game theory - 369 pages

In recent years game theory has swept through all of the social sciences. Its practitioners have great designs for it, claiming that it offers an opportunity to unify the social sciences and that it it the natural foundation of a rational theory of society. Game Theory is for those who are intrigued but baffled by these claims, and daunted by the technical demands of most introductions to the subject.

Requiring no more than simple arithmetic, the book:


* Traces the origins of Game Theory and its philosophical premises

* Looks at its implications for the theory of bargaining and social contract theory

* Gives a detailed exposition of all of the major `games' including the famous `prisoner's dilemma'

* Analyses cooperative, non cooperative, repeated, evolutionary and experimental games

Contents

• III: 1
• IV: 2
• V: 3
• VI: 4
• VII: 6
• VIII: 7
• X: 27
• XI: 28
• XII: 31
• XIII: 33
• XIV: 35
• XV: 36
• XVI: 38
• XVII: 40
• XVIII: 41
• XIX: 44
• XX: 45
• XXI: 47
• XXII: 52
• XXIII: 56
• XXIV: 58
• XXV: 60
• XXVI: 61
• XXVII: 68
• XXVIII: 73
• XXIX: 75
• XXX: 78
• XXXI: 79
• XXXII: 80
• XXXIII: 81
• XXXIV: 85
• XXXV: 90
• XXXVI: 92
• XXXVII: 96
• XXXVIII: 99
• XXXIX: 103
• XL: 108
• XLI: 111
• XLII: 114
• XLIII: 115
• XLIV: 118
• XLV: 119
• XLVI: 122
• XLVII: 125
• XLVIII: 127
• XLIX: 131
• L: 135
• LI: 137
• LII: 140
• LIII: 146
• LIV: 148
• LV: 150
• LVI: 152
• LVII: 160
• LVIII: 163
• LIX: 164
• LX: 165
• LXI: 168
• LXII: 170
• LXIII: 171
• LXIV: 172
• LXV: 175
• LXVI: 180
• LXVII: 185
• LXVIII: 186
• LXIX: 187
• LXX: 189
• LXXI: 191
• LXXII: 192
• LXXIII: 194
• LXXIV: 202
• LXXV: 205
• LXXVII: 206
• LXXVIII: 209
• LXXX: 211
• LXXXI: 214
• LXXXII: 220
• LXXXIII: 223
• LXXXIV: 227
• LXXXV: 232
• LXXXVI: 236
• LXXXVII: 241
• LXXXIX: 245
• XC: 247
• XCI: 248
• XCII: 251
• XCIII: 252
• XCIV: 255
• XCV: 258
• XCVI: 264
• XCVII: 266
• XCVIII: 267
• XCIX: 268
• CI: 269
• CII: 275
• CIII: 285
• CIV: 289
• CV: 292
• CVI: 293
• CVII: 299
• CVIII: 301
• CIX: 302
• CX: 304
• CXI: 334
• CXII: 348
• CXIII: 359
• CXIV: 362

About the author

Yanis Varoufakis is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Athens.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Game Theory: A Critical Text
• Authors: Shaun Hargreaves Heap, Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap, Yanis Varoufakis
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Psychology Press, 2004
• ISBN: 0415250943, 9780415250948
• Length: 369 pages