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The Formal Epistemology Reading Group FA11 has been moved to Sundays 6PM in room 720 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University.
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Formal Epistemology Reading Group FA11 #11
The next meeting of the formal epistemology reading group will take place on Sunday (December 11) 6:00pm in room 522C Kent Hall, Columbia University. We will be discussing Haim’s new paper: Gaifman, Haim (2011) On Ontology and Realism in Mathematics, … Continue reading
Joe Halpern: Substantive Rationality and Backward Induction
Substantive Rationality and Backward Induction Joe Halpern (CS, Cornell) Friday, December 9, 11 AM 716 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University Abstract. Some of the major puzzles in game theory today involve the notion of rationality. Assuming that all players are rational, and … Continue reading
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Formal Epistemology Reading Group FA11 #10
The next meeting of the formal epistemology reading group will take place on Sunday (December 4) 6:00pm in Room 720, Philosophy Hall, Columbia University. We shall continue the discussion on the backward induction paradox. Haim and/or Yang will present. Here … Continue reading
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Formal Epistemology Reading Group FA11 #9
The next meeting of the formal epistemology reading group will take place on Sunday (November 20) 6:00pm in Room 720, Philosophy Hall, Columbia University. We shall move to the backward induction paradox. I suggest we start with the study of … Continue reading
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Formal Epistemology Reading Group FA11 #8
The next meeting of the formal epistemology reading group will take place on Sunday (Nov. 13) 6:00 pm in Room 720, Philosophy Hall. Haim has recently read a beautiful short “elementary” proof of Brouwer’s fixed point theorem. The proof does … Continue reading
Formal Epistemology Reading Group FA11 #7
The next meeting of the formal epistemology reading group will take place on Sunday (November 6) 6:00 pm in Room 720, Philosophy Hall. As suggested in Rush’s post beow, we shall continue to discuss S4 vs. S5. I shall provide … Continue reading
Formal Epistemology Reading Group FA11 #6
The next meeting of the formal epistemology reading group will take place on Sunday (October 30) 6:00 pm in Room 720. We will finish discussing the fixed point theorems from last time. Then I suggest we move to Backward Induction. … Continue reading
Formal Epistemology Reading Group FA11 #5
The next meeting of the formal epistemology reading group will take place on Sunday (October 23) 6:00 pm in Room 720. We will continue our discussion from last week. I shall also prepare a handout on Brouwer-Kakutani-Glicksberg fixed-point theorem for … Continue reading
Formal Epistemology Reading Group FA11 #4
The next meeting of the formal epistemology reading group will take place on Sunday, October 16, at 6:00 pm in Room 720, Philosophy Hall, Columbia University. For the coming meeting, I will continue the tutorial on strategic games (Normal Form, … Continue reading
Formal Epistemology Reading Group FA11 #3
Due to various schedule conflicts, the formal epistemology reading group will be moved to Sunday afternoons. The next meeting is on October 9, 3pm in room 720 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University. For the coming meeting, I will give a short … Continue reading