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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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Greg Wheeler on Coherence – 11/14, 12pm, 716 Philosophy Hall

News from Jeff: I want to call your attention to the following “brown bag lunch” talk by Greg Wheeler, Senior Research Scientist and Executive Board Member at the Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENTRIA) in Lisbon. The talk should be of interest to … Continue reading

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Levi Celebration

On October 22nd, the philosophy department at the University of Toronto will host an event in honor of Isaac Levi. Of most interest to the group, the morning session will be on formal pragmatist epistemology. Ian Hacking and Levi will give the … Continue reading

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Progic 2011 at Columbia University

Please see the original announcement here. The Progic conference series is intended to promote interactions between probability and logic. The fifth installment of the series will be held at Columbia University in New York on September 10th and 11th of … Continue reading

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