Game theory is central to understanding human behavior and relevant to all of the behavioral sciences--from biology and economics, to anthropology and political science. However, as The Bounds of Reason demonstrates, game theory alone cannot fully explain human behavior and should instead complement other key concepts championed by the behavioral disciplines. Herbert Gintis shows that just as game theory without broader social theory is merely technical bravado, so social theory without game theory is a handicapped enterprise. This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated.

Reinvigorating game theory, The Bounds of Reason offers innovative thinking for the behavioral sciences.

Author: Herbert Gintis
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 04/20/2014
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780691160849
Revised Edition

About the Author
Herbert Gintis is one of the most prominent experts on the intersection of economics with other academic fields and holds faculty positions at the Santa Fe Institute and Central European University.