Re: game theory

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

Ted W. writes:>What I had in mind was the misidentification of "reason" with reasoning
in accordance with fixed routines, i.e. with reasoning that can be
replicated by a machine.  This kind of reasoning is only applicable
where very restrictive assumptions hold.  These are not usually
satisfied in the case of human behaviour.<

You don't have to identify human thinking with machine-like thinking to use GT. You just have to assume (as a first approximation) that this kind of thinking applies in certain types of situations. That doesn't mean you have to believe the results, however, since they are dependent on your assumption. 

Jim D.