TY - JOUR
T1 - Games as formal tools versus games as explanations in logic and science
AU - Pietarinen, Ahti-Veikko
N1 - Funding information:
My thanks go to three anonymous referees of this journal. Over the period of some four years, the work on this paper has been supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation, the Osk. Huttunen Foundation, the Helsingin Sanomat Centenary Foundation, the Osk. Öflund Foundation, the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, the Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation, and the Academy of Finland, project no. 17856.
Publisher copyright:
© 2003, Kluwer Academic Publishers
PY - 2003/12
Y1 - 2003/12
N2 - This paper addresses the theoretical notion of a game as it arisesacross scientific inquiries, exploring its uses as a technical andformal asset in logic and science versus an explanatory mechanism. Whilegames comprise a widely used method in a broad intellectual realm(including, but not limited to, philosophy, logic, mathematics,cognitive science, artificial intelligence, computation, linguistics,physics, economics), each discipline advocates its own methodology and aunified understanding is lacking. In the first part of this paper, anumber of game theories in formal studies are critically surveyed. Inthe second part, the doctrine of games as explanations for logic isassessed, and the relevance of a conceptual analysis of games tocognition discussed. It is suggested that the notion of evolution playsa part in the game-theoretic concept of meaning.
AB - This paper addresses the theoretical notion of a game as it arisesacross scientific inquiries, exploring its uses as a technical andformal asset in logic and science versus an explanatory mechanism. Whilegames comprise a widely used method in a broad intellectual realm(including, but not limited to, philosophy, logic, mathematics,cognitive science, artificial intelligence, computation, linguistics,physics, economics), each discipline advocates its own methodology and aunified understanding is lacking. In the first part of this paper, anumber of game theories in formal studies are critically surveyed. Inthe second part, the doctrine of games as explanations for logic isassessed, and the relevance of a conceptual analysis of games tocognition discussed. It is suggested that the notion of evolution playsa part in the game-theoretic concept of meaning.
KW - evolution
KW - explanations
KW - formal systems
KW - game theory
KW - logic
UR - https://link.springer.com/journal/10699/volumes-and-issues/8-4
U2 - 10.1023/A:1026319711838
DO - 10.1023/A:1026319711838
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1233-1821
VL - 8
SP - 317
EP - 364
JO - Foundations of Science
JF - Foundations of Science
IS - 4
ER -