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This course explores the fascinating intersection of game theory and philosophy, where strategic thinking meets ethical dilemmas, scientific inquiry, and social dynamics. Game theory, extensively developed over recent decades, has become a powerful tool for addressing philosophical challenges, from collective action to the foundations of rationality.
In this course, you'll gain foundational game-theoretic tools to analyze a range of philosophical problems. We'll begin with accessible formal concepts, such as normal games, bargaining games, and evolutionary games, examining classic scenarios like the Prisoner's Dilemma and the Stag Hunt. In the second part, we'll explore how these tools illuminate pressing philosophical questions: What insights can game theory provide about scientific collaboration and epistemic games? How does evolutionary game theory explain the emergence of trust and cooperation?
Designed for students with no prior mathematical background, this course aims both at providing students with technical tools to handle game theoretical problems and to present how to use them to deal with philosophical problems.