Paradoxical Effects of Social Behavior Essays in Honor of Anatol Rapoport

Name: Paradoxical Effects of Social Behavior Essays in Honor of Anatol Rapoport
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ISBN: 9783790803501

ISBN-10: 3790803502

ISBN-13: 9783790803501

Edition: 1986

Authors: Andreas Diekmann, P. Mitter

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In the history of science "paradoxes" are not only amusing puzzles and chal lenges to the human mind but also driving forces of scientific development. The notion of "paradox" is intimately related to the notion of "contradiction". Logi cal paradoxes allow for the derivation of contradictory propositions (e.g. "Rus sell's set of all sets not being members of themselves" or the ancient problem with propositions like "I am lying" 1), normative paradoxes deal with contradic tions among equally well accepted normative postulates (Arrow's "impossibility theorem", Sen's "Impossibility of a Paretian Liberal") and "factual" paradoxes refer to conflicts between conventional opinion based on an…

Book details

List price: $109.99
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Physica-Verlag
Publication date: 1/1/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.61" long
Weight: 1.562
Language: English