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Game Theory and the Humanities |
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Game theory has only sporadically been applied to the
humanities, broadly conceived.
Disciplines in the humanities represent a world we do not normally
associate with mathematical calculations of strategic interaction and rational
choice. Nonetheless, a key aspect of our humanity is our ability to think
rationally about alternative choices, selecting the one that best satisfies our
goals. Game theory provides a calculus
for this selection when we face other players, often with conflicting goals, in
strategic situations. Applications of game theory have been made to philosophy,
religion and the Bible, theology, law, history, and literature (including short
stories, plays, epic poems, and novels).
In each of these fields, game theory models offer important, and
sometimes startling, new strategic insights. We propose a workshop that will bring together game theorists,
and humanists in different fields, in order to to explore how a strategic
perspective, rooted in game theory, may inform the humanities as well as be
informed by them. The main objective of
this workshop is to show how game theory can be applied to different fields
within the humanities in order to better explain, or predict, the behavior of
people in different strategic situations of conflict and cooperation that are studied
within the humanities. [Back] |
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