INTERACTIVE EPISTEMOLOGY

Robert J Aumann has received numerous prizes, including the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for 2005.

With his 1976 paper, 'Agreeing to Disagree', Robert Aumann pioneered the subject of interactive epistemology: the study of what people know, and what they know about what others know. Since then, the discipline has burgeoned enormously. This book documents Aumann's work leading to the 1976 paper and his subsequent contributions to the discipline. The scientific controversies emanating from his work are also included.

Contents:
IntroductionInterviewed with Robert Aumann'Pure' Interactive EpistemologyAgreeing to DisagreeInteractive Epistemology I: KnowledgeInteractive Epistemology II: ProbabilityIncomplete Information (Robert J Aumann and Aviad Heifetz)Musings on Information and KnowledgeInteractive Epistemology and Game Equilibrium:Subjectivity and Correlation in Randomized StrategiesCorrelated Equilibrium as an Expression of Bayesian RationalityRational Expectations in Games (Robert J Aumann and Jacques H Dreze)Epistemic Conditions for Nash Equilibrium (Robert J Aumann and Adam Brandenburger)Interactive Epistemology and Backward Induction:Backward Induction and Common Knowledge of RationalityThe Logic of Backward Induction (Itai Arieli and Robert J Aumann)On the Centipede GameIrrationality in Game TheoryComments and Replies:A Note on Backward Induction (Ken Binmore)Reply to BinmoreRationalizing Backward Induction? (Ken Binmore and Larry Samuelson)Reply to Binmore and SamuelsonRationality and Comprehension (Avishai Margalit and Menahem Yaari)Reply to Margalit and YaariA Comment on Aumann's Bayesian View (Faruk Gul)Common Priors: A Reply to GulSubject IndexName Index
Readership: Senior year undergraduate, post-graduate and research degree students in economics, business economics, policy studies, political science, development studies, philosophy and social sciences. Researchers, analysts, think tanks, international economic organizations, political parties, policy decision makers, business strategists, chamber of commerce, foreign ministries, investors and bankers.