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The atom of the universe / / Dominique Lambert ; preface by P. J. E. Peebles ; translated by Luc Ampleman ; edited by Karl Van Bibber ; editing, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design, Mariusz Banachowicz ; layout, Miroslaw Krzyszkowski
The atom of the universe / / Dominique Lambert ; preface by P. J. E. Peebles ; translated by Luc Ampleman ; edited by Karl Van Bibber ; editing, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design, Mariusz Banachowicz ; layout, Miroslaw Krzyszkowski
Autore Lambert Dominique
Pubbl/distr/stampa Kraków, [Poland] : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (485 p.)
Disciplina 523.18
Soggetto topico Mathematicians - Belgium
Astronomers - Belgium
Astrophysics - History
Big bang theory - History
Cosmology - History
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 83-7886-050-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments ; Chapter I. From Louvain to Namur; 1. The reed and the Universe; 2. Sources; 3. Guide to this work; Chapter II. The early years: the Jesuits, mathematics nad the mines (1894-1914); 1. A Son from the Pays Noir; 2. At the Jesuit school; 3. The mines: a blind tunnel?; Chapter III. The Great War: from student to artilleryman (1914-1919); 1. The long walk to the Yser Front; 2. Back to the University: a new direction; Chapter IV. The seminarian and relativity (1920-1923; 1. The Saint-Rombaut house; 2. Lemaître, theology and the Amis de Jésus
2. Florescit et lucet3. "Servir"; 4. Lemaître's Chinese Disciple: Tchang Yong-Li; Chapter VIII. Arrival on the world scene? (1931-1939); 1. Travels and accolades; 2. Towards a theory of large-scale structures: the Lemaître-Tolman model; 3. A peek inside the black hole; 4. The defence of the "little lamb"; Chapter IX. Science and faith: the theory of the two paths (1924-1936); 1. The origin of the "two paths": a tripartite influence; 2. The Congress of Mechelen; 3. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences; Chapter X, An astronomer starstruck by algebra (1931-1957); 1. The Dirac equation redux (1931)
2. The Projektive Relativitätstheorie (1933-1935) and Relativistic Theory of Protons and Electrons (1937)3. The Fundamental Theory and the spinor of Cartan (1948); 4. The spinors: from the quantum field theory to history (1955-1957); Chapter XI. From cosmology to calculation: the Størmer problem; 1. The problem of the origin and nature of cosmic rays; 2. The determination of the orbits of cosmic rays: the Størmer problem; 3. The first "Lemaître's School": 1933-1945; 4. The Størmer problem after 1945; Chapter XII, A time of war (1940-1944); 1. Exodus ; 2. A time for solidarity
3. The time of isolation and reading4. A time of reprimand and trials; 5. Back to science; Chapter XIII. Lemaître the master. A portrait of his pedagogy (1940-1944); 1. Teaching and research, a seamless cloth; 2. Attending a class and passing exams with the Canon; Chapter XIV. From mechanics to calculators and back again (1940-1944); 1. Mechanics and cosmology: the nebulae and their clusters; 2. Numerical calculation; 3. Mesmerized by machines ; 4. The apotheosis: the three-body problem; Chapter XV. Faith and science: the Un'Ora problem (1951-1952)
1. From Deus Absconditus to the natural beginning of the universe
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Lambert Dominique  
Kraków, [Poland] : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2015
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The atom of the universe / / Dominique Lambert ; preface by P. J. E. Peebles ; translated by Luc Ampleman ; edited by Karl Van Bibber ; editing, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design, Mariusz Banachowicz ; layout, Miroslaw Krzyszkowski
The atom of the universe / / Dominique Lambert ; preface by P. J. E. Peebles ; translated by Luc Ampleman ; edited by Karl Van Bibber ; editing, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design, Mariusz Banachowicz ; layout, Miroslaw Krzyszkowski
Autore Lambert Dominique
Pubbl/distr/stampa Kraków, [Poland] : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (485 p.)
Disciplina 523.18
Soggetto topico Mathematicians - Belgium
Astronomers - Belgium
Astrophysics - History
Big bang theory - History
Cosmology - History
ISBN 83-7886-050-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments ; Chapter I. From Louvain to Namur; 1. The reed and the Universe; 2. Sources; 3. Guide to this work; Chapter II. The early years: the Jesuits, mathematics nad the mines (1894-1914); 1. A Son from the Pays Noir; 2. At the Jesuit school; 3. The mines: a blind tunnel?; Chapter III. The Great War: from student to artilleryman (1914-1919); 1. The long walk to the Yser Front; 2. Back to the University: a new direction; Chapter IV. The seminarian and relativity (1920-1923; 1. The Saint-Rombaut house; 2. Lemaître, theology and the Amis de Jésus
2. Florescit et lucet3. "Servir"; 4. Lemaître's Chinese Disciple: Tchang Yong-Li; Chapter VIII. Arrival on the world scene? (1931-1939); 1. Travels and accolades; 2. Towards a theory of large-scale structures: the Lemaître-Tolman model; 3. A peek inside the black hole; 4. The defence of the "little lamb"; Chapter IX. Science and faith: the theory of the two paths (1924-1936); 1. The origin of the "two paths": a tripartite influence; 2. The Congress of Mechelen; 3. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences; Chapter X, An astronomer starstruck by algebra (1931-1957); 1. The Dirac equation redux (1931)
2. The Projektive Relativitätstheorie (1933-1935) and Relativistic Theory of Protons and Electrons (1937)3. The Fundamental Theory and the spinor of Cartan (1948); 4. The spinors: from the quantum field theory to history (1955-1957); Chapter XI. From cosmology to calculation: the Størmer problem; 1. The problem of the origin and nature of cosmic rays; 2. The determination of the orbits of cosmic rays: the Størmer problem; 3. The first "Lemaître's School": 1933-1945; 4. The Størmer problem after 1945; Chapter XII, A time of war (1940-1944); 1. Exodus ; 2. A time for solidarity
3. The time of isolation and reading4. A time of reprimand and trials; 5. Back to science; Chapter XIII. Lemaître the master. A portrait of his pedagogy (1940-1944); 1. Teaching and research, a seamless cloth; 2. Attending a class and passing exams with the Canon; Chapter XIV. From mechanics to calculators and back again (1940-1944); 1. Mechanics and cosmology: the nebulae and their clusters; 2. Numerical calculation; 3. Mesmerized by machines ; 4. The apotheosis: the three-body problem; Chapter XV. Faith and science: the Un'Ora problem (1951-1952)
1. From Deus Absconditus to the natural beginning of the universe
Record Nr. UNINA-9910797485203321
Lambert Dominique  
Kraków, [Poland] : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2015
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The atom of the universe / / Dominique Lambert ; preface by P. J. E. Peebles ; translated by Luc Ampleman ; edited by Karl Van Bibber ; editing, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design, Mariusz Banachowicz ; layout, Miroslaw Krzyszkowski
The atom of the universe / / Dominique Lambert ; preface by P. J. E. Peebles ; translated by Luc Ampleman ; edited by Karl Van Bibber ; editing, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design, Mariusz Banachowicz ; layout, Miroslaw Krzyszkowski
Autore Lambert Dominique
Pubbl/distr/stampa Kraków, [Poland] : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (485 p.)
Disciplina 523.18
Soggetto topico Mathematicians - Belgium
Astronomers - Belgium
Astrophysics - History
Big bang theory - History
Cosmology - History
ISBN 83-7886-050-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments ; Chapter I. From Louvain to Namur; 1. The reed and the Universe; 2. Sources; 3. Guide to this work; Chapter II. The early years: the Jesuits, mathematics nad the mines (1894-1914); 1. A Son from the Pays Noir; 2. At the Jesuit school; 3. The mines: a blind tunnel?; Chapter III. The Great War: from student to artilleryman (1914-1919); 1. The long walk to the Yser Front; 2. Back to the University: a new direction; Chapter IV. The seminarian and relativity (1920-1923; 1. The Saint-Rombaut house; 2. Lemaître, theology and the Amis de Jésus
2. Florescit et lucet3. "Servir"; 4. Lemaître's Chinese Disciple: Tchang Yong-Li; Chapter VIII. Arrival on the world scene? (1931-1939); 1. Travels and accolades; 2. Towards a theory of large-scale structures: the Lemaître-Tolman model; 3. A peek inside the black hole; 4. The defence of the "little lamb"; Chapter IX. Science and faith: the theory of the two paths (1924-1936); 1. The origin of the "two paths": a tripartite influence; 2. The Congress of Mechelen; 3. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences; Chapter X, An astronomer starstruck by algebra (1931-1957); 1. The Dirac equation redux (1931)
2. The Projektive Relativitätstheorie (1933-1935) and Relativistic Theory of Protons and Electrons (1937)3. The Fundamental Theory and the spinor of Cartan (1948); 4. The spinors: from the quantum field theory to history (1955-1957); Chapter XI. From cosmology to calculation: the Størmer problem; 1. The problem of the origin and nature of cosmic rays; 2. The determination of the orbits of cosmic rays: the Størmer problem; 3. The first "Lemaître's School": 1933-1945; 4. The Størmer problem after 1945; Chapter XII, A time of war (1940-1944); 1. Exodus ; 2. A time for solidarity
3. The time of isolation and reading4. A time of reprimand and trials; 5. Back to science; Chapter XIII. Lemaître the master. A portrait of his pedagogy (1940-1944); 1. Teaching and research, a seamless cloth; 2. Attending a class and passing exams with the Canon; Chapter XIV. From mechanics to calculators and back again (1940-1944); 1. Mechanics and cosmology: the nebulae and their clusters; 2. Numerical calculation; 3. Mesmerized by machines ; 4. The apotheosis: the three-body problem; Chapter XV. Faith and science: the Un'Ora problem (1951-1952)
1. From Deus Absconditus to the natural beginning of the universe
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Lambert Dominique  
Kraków, [Poland] : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2015
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Being and duty : the contribution of 20th-century Polish thinkers to the theory of imperatives and norms / / Jacek Jadacki ; editing team, Piotr Michal Godlewski, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design, Mariusz Banachowicz ; layout, Miroslaw Krzyszkowski ; typesetting, Wydawnictwo Profil-Archeo, Magdalena Dziegielewska
Being and duty : the contribution of 20th-century Polish thinkers to the theory of imperatives and norms / / Jacek Jadacki ; editing team, Piotr Michal Godlewski, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design, Mariusz Banachowicz ; layout, Miroslaw Krzyszkowski ; typesetting, Wydawnictwo Profil-Archeo, Magdalena Dziegielewska
Autore Jadacki Jacek
Pubbl/distr/stampa Kraków, Poland : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (539 p.)
Disciplina 199.438
Soggetto topico Philosophy, Polish - 20th century
Commands (Logic)
Normativity (Ethics)
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 83-7886-055-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Foreword; 1. Preferential situation; 2. Preferences and impulses, decisions and tendencies; 3. Verbalization of preferences: imperatives; 4. Axiological situation. Evaluations; 5. Obligational situation; 6. Genesis of the obligation; 7. Criteria of factuality of obligation; 8. Gradation of obligations; 9. Verbalization of obligations: norms; 10. Norms and consultatives, instructions and optatives; 11. Imperative-normative argumentation; Conclusion; Anthology; Kazimierz Twardowski. Indicatives, interrogatives, imperatives and optatives (1901); Jan Nuckowski. Practical theses (1903)
Record Nr. UNINA-9910461478303321
Jadacki Jacek  
Kraków, Poland : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2013
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Being and duty : the contribution of 20th-century Polish thinkers to the theory of imperatives and norms / / Jacek Jadacki ; editing team, Piotr Michal Godlewski, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design, Mariusz Banachowicz ; layout, Miroslaw Krzyszkowski ; typesetting, Wydawnictwo Profil-Archeo, Magdalena Dziegielewska
Being and duty : the contribution of 20th-century Polish thinkers to the theory of imperatives and norms / / Jacek Jadacki ; editing team, Piotr Michal Godlewski, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design, Mariusz Banachowicz ; layout, Miroslaw Krzyszkowski ; typesetting, Wydawnictwo Profil-Archeo, Magdalena Dziegielewska
Autore Jadacki Jacek
Pubbl/distr/stampa Kraków, Poland : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (539 p.)
Disciplina 199.438
Soggetto topico Philosophy, Polish - 20th century
Commands (Logic)
Normativity (Ethics)
ISBN 83-7886-055-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Foreword; 1. Preferential situation; 2. Preferences and impulses, decisions and tendencies; 3. Verbalization of preferences: imperatives; 4. Axiological situation. Evaluations; 5. Obligational situation; 6. Genesis of the obligation; 7. Criteria of factuality of obligation; 8. Gradation of obligations; 9. Verbalization of obligations: norms; 10. Norms and consultatives, instructions and optatives; 11. Imperative-normative argumentation; Conclusion; Anthology; Kazimierz Twardowski. Indicatives, interrogatives, imperatives and optatives (1901); Jan Nuckowski. Practical theses (1903)
Record Nr. UNINA-9910797588703321
Jadacki Jacek  
Kraków, Poland : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2013
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Being and duty : the contribution of 20th-century Polish thinkers to the theory of imperatives and norms / / Jacek Jadacki ; editing team, Piotr Michal Godlewski, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design, Mariusz Banachowicz ; layout, Miroslaw Krzyszkowski ; typesetting, Wydawnictwo Profil-Archeo, Magdalena Dziegielewska
Being and duty : the contribution of 20th-century Polish thinkers to the theory of imperatives and norms / / Jacek Jadacki ; editing team, Piotr Michal Godlewski, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design, Mariusz Banachowicz ; layout, Miroslaw Krzyszkowski ; typesetting, Wydawnictwo Profil-Archeo, Magdalena Dziegielewska
Autore Jadacki Jacek
Pubbl/distr/stampa Kraków, Poland : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (539 p.)
Disciplina 199.438
Soggetto topico Philosophy, Polish - 20th century
Commands (Logic)
Normativity (Ethics)
ISBN 83-7886-055-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Foreword; 1. Preferential situation; 2. Preferences and impulses, decisions and tendencies; 3. Verbalization of preferences: imperatives; 4. Axiological situation. Evaluations; 5. Obligational situation; 6. Genesis of the obligation; 7. Criteria of factuality of obligation; 8. Gradation of obligations; 9. Verbalization of obligations: norms; 10. Norms and consultatives, instructions and optatives; 11. Imperative-normative argumentation; Conclusion; Anthology; Kazimierz Twardowski. Indicatives, interrogatives, imperatives and optatives (1901); Jan Nuckowski. Practical theses (1903)
Record Nr. UNINA-9910828715503321
Jadacki Jacek  
Kraków, Poland : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2013
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Game theory in jurisprudence / / Wojciech Załuski ; editing, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design Mariusz Banachowicz
Game theory in jurisprudence / / Wojciech Załuski ; editing, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design Mariusz Banachowicz
Autore Załuski Wojciech
Pubbl/distr/stampa Kraków, Poland : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (358 p.)
Disciplina 340.1
Soggetto topico Law - Methodology
Game theory
Law - Philosophy
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 83-7886-054-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Title page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part IIntroduction to game theory; Chapter 1. The basics of game theory; 1. Twelve questions about game theory; 2. What is game theory?; 3. What are the branches of game theory?; 4. What are the functions of game theory?; 5. What is a game?; 6. What assumptions does game theory make regarding players?; 6.1. Instrumental rationality; 6.2. Common knowledge of rationality; 7. What does game theory assume about players' knowledge?; 8. How can games be presented?; 9. What are the main types of games?
10. What are the basic solution concepts of non-cooperativegame theory?10.1. Dominance; 10.2. Nash equilibrium; 10.3. Rollback equilibrium; 10.4. Subgame-perfect Nash equilibrium; 10.5. Sequential equilibrium; 10.6. Other refinements; 10.7. The Minimax Theorem; 11. What is cooperative game theory?; 11.1. The core; 11.2. The theory of stable sets - the NM-solution; 12. What is bargaining theory?; 12.1. The bargaining problem; 12.2. The Nash solution; 12.3. The Kalai-Smorodinsky solution; 13. What is evolutionary game theory?; Part II:Game theory and general issues in jurisprudence
Chapter 2. The nature of law1. Law as a means for solving collective action problems; 2. A game-theoretic account of collective action problems; 2.1. Non-iterated games; 2.1.1. The first pure type of collective action problems:egoism as an obstacle for a collective action; 2.1.1.1. The Prisoner's Dilemma; 2.1.1.2. The Chicken; 2.1.2. The second pure type of collective action problems:coordination difficulties as the main obstacle forcollective action; 2.1.3. Mixed type of collective action problems; 2.2. Iterated games
2.3. Contributions of evolutionary game theory to understanding collective action problems3. Three interpretations of the account of law as a means for solving collective action problems; 3.1. Three types of legal norms; 3.2. Three interpretations of the phrase 'Law is a meansfor solving collective action problems'; 4. The problem of legal normativity; 5. Concluding remarks; Chapter 3. Game theory and legal interpretation; 1. The notion of legal interpretation; 2. The semantic limits of legal interpretation; 3. The criteria for selecting a proper meaning; 3.1. Intentionalism
3.2. Non-intentionalism4. The strategic reasons for failing to select a proper meaning; 5. Concluding remarks; Chapter 4. Legal rights; 1. Six questions about legal rights; 2. Two ways of justifying rights; 3. The nature of rights; 4. The function of rights; 5. The types of rights; 6. The justification of inalienable right; 7. The emergence of fundamental rights; 8. Concluding remarks; Chapter 5. Justice; 1. Game theory and the philosophical problems relatedto the concept of justice; 2. The circumstances of justice; 3. Justice as mutual advantage or justice as impartiality?
3.1. Game theory as a tool for explicating the distributive ruleof justice as mutual advantage
Record Nr. UNINA-9910460041303321
Załuski Wojciech  
Kraków, Poland : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2013
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Game theory in jurisprudence / / Wojciech Załuski ; editing, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design Mariusz Banachowicz
Game theory in jurisprudence / / Wojciech Załuski ; editing, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design Mariusz Banachowicz
Autore Załuski Wojciech
Pubbl/distr/stampa Kraków, Poland : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (358 p.)
Disciplina 340.1
Soggetto topico Law - Methodology
Game theory
Law - Philosophy
ISBN 83-7886-054-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Title page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part IIntroduction to game theory; Chapter 1. The basics of game theory; 1. Twelve questions about game theory; 2. What is game theory?; 3. What are the branches of game theory?; 4. What are the functions of game theory?; 5. What is a game?; 6. What assumptions does game theory make regarding players?; 6.1. Instrumental rationality; 6.2. Common knowledge of rationality; 7. What does game theory assume about players' knowledge?; 8. How can games be presented?; 9. What are the main types of games?
10. What are the basic solution concepts of non-cooperativegame theory?10.1. Dominance; 10.2. Nash equilibrium; 10.3. Rollback equilibrium; 10.4. Subgame-perfect Nash equilibrium; 10.5. Sequential equilibrium; 10.6. Other refinements; 10.7. The Minimax Theorem; 11. What is cooperative game theory?; 11.1. The core; 11.2. The theory of stable sets - the NM-solution; 12. What is bargaining theory?; 12.1. The bargaining problem; 12.2. The Nash solution; 12.3. The Kalai-Smorodinsky solution; 13. What is evolutionary game theory?; Part II:Game theory and general issues in jurisprudence
Chapter 2. The nature of law1. Law as a means for solving collective action problems; 2. A game-theoretic account of collective action problems; 2.1. Non-iterated games; 2.1.1. The first pure type of collective action problems:egoism as an obstacle for a collective action; 2.1.1.1. The Prisoner's Dilemma; 2.1.1.2. The Chicken; 2.1.2. The second pure type of collective action problems:coordination difficulties as the main obstacle forcollective action; 2.1.3. Mixed type of collective action problems; 2.2. Iterated games
2.3. Contributions of evolutionary game theory to understanding collective action problems3. Three interpretations of the account of law as a means for solving collective action problems; 3.1. Three types of legal norms; 3.2. Three interpretations of the phrase 'Law is a meansfor solving collective action problems'; 4. The problem of legal normativity; 5. Concluding remarks; Chapter 3. Game theory and legal interpretation; 1. The notion of legal interpretation; 2. The semantic limits of legal interpretation; 3. The criteria for selecting a proper meaning; 3.1. Intentionalism
3.2. Non-intentionalism4. The strategic reasons for failing to select a proper meaning; 5. Concluding remarks; Chapter 4. Legal rights; 1. Six questions about legal rights; 2. Two ways of justifying rights; 3. The nature of rights; 4. The function of rights; 5. The types of rights; 6. The justification of inalienable right; 7. The emergence of fundamental rights; 8. Concluding remarks; Chapter 5. Justice; 1. Game theory and the philosophical problems relatedto the concept of justice; 2. The circumstances of justice; 3. Justice as mutual advantage or justice as impartiality?
3.1. Game theory as a tool for explicating the distributive ruleof justice as mutual advantage
Record Nr. UNINA-9910787049303321
Załuski Wojciech  
Kraków, Poland : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2013
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Game theory in jurisprudence / / Wojciech Załuski ; editing, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design Mariusz Banachowicz
Game theory in jurisprudence / / Wojciech Załuski ; editing, Aeddan Shaw ; cover design Mariusz Banachowicz
Autore Załuski Wojciech
Pubbl/distr/stampa Kraków, Poland : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (358 p.)
Disciplina 340.1
Soggetto topico Law - Methodology
Game theory
Law - Philosophy
ISBN 83-7886-054-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Title page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part IIntroduction to game theory; Chapter 1. The basics of game theory; 1. Twelve questions about game theory; 2. What is game theory?; 3. What are the branches of game theory?; 4. What are the functions of game theory?; 5. What is a game?; 6. What assumptions does game theory make regarding players?; 6.1. Instrumental rationality; 6.2. Common knowledge of rationality; 7. What does game theory assume about players' knowledge?; 8. How can games be presented?; 9. What are the main types of games?
10. What are the basic solution concepts of non-cooperativegame theory?10.1. Dominance; 10.2. Nash equilibrium; 10.3. Rollback equilibrium; 10.4. Subgame-perfect Nash equilibrium; 10.5. Sequential equilibrium; 10.6. Other refinements; 10.7. The Minimax Theorem; 11. What is cooperative game theory?; 11.1. The core; 11.2. The theory of stable sets - the NM-solution; 12. What is bargaining theory?; 12.1. The bargaining problem; 12.2. The Nash solution; 12.3. The Kalai-Smorodinsky solution; 13. What is evolutionary game theory?; Part II:Game theory and general issues in jurisprudence
Chapter 2. The nature of law1. Law as a means for solving collective action problems; 2. A game-theoretic account of collective action problems; 2.1. Non-iterated games; 2.1.1. The first pure type of collective action problems:egoism as an obstacle for a collective action; 2.1.1.1. The Prisoner's Dilemma; 2.1.1.2. The Chicken; 2.1.2. The second pure type of collective action problems:coordination difficulties as the main obstacle forcollective action; 2.1.3. Mixed type of collective action problems; 2.2. Iterated games
2.3. Contributions of evolutionary game theory to understanding collective action problems3. Three interpretations of the account of law as a means for solving collective action problems; 3.1. Three types of legal norms; 3.2. Three interpretations of the phrase 'Law is a meansfor solving collective action problems'; 4. The problem of legal normativity; 5. Concluding remarks; Chapter 3. Game theory and legal interpretation; 1. The notion of legal interpretation; 2. The semantic limits of legal interpretation; 3. The criteria for selecting a proper meaning; 3.1. Intentionalism
3.2. Non-intentionalism4. The strategic reasons for failing to select a proper meaning; 5. Concluding remarks; Chapter 4. Legal rights; 1. Six questions about legal rights; 2. Two ways of justifying rights; 3. The nature of rights; 4. The function of rights; 5. The types of rights; 6. The justification of inalienable right; 7. The emergence of fundamental rights; 8. Concluding remarks; Chapter 5. Justice; 1. Game theory and the philosophical problems relatedto the concept of justice; 2. The circumstances of justice; 3. Justice as mutual advantage or justice as impartiality?
3.1. Game theory as a tool for explicating the distributive ruleof justice as mutual advantage
Record Nr. UNINA-9910820146403321
Załuski Wojciech  
Kraków, Poland : , : Copernicus Center Press, , 2013
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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