Games : Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation (Darwin College Lectures)

Blagden, David (EDT)/ de Rond, Mark (EDT)

Cambridge University Press（2018/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 172 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781108447324
• DDC分類 155.23

Full Description

The essays from prominent public intellectuals collected in this volume reflect an array of perspectives on the spectrum of conflict, competition, and cooperation, as well as a wealth of expertise on how games manifest in the world, how they operate, and how social animals behave inside them. They include previously unpublished material by former Cabinet minister Sayeeda Warsi, the philosopher A. C. Grayling, legal scholar Nicola Padfield, cycling coach David Brailsford, former military intelligence officer Frank Ledwidge, neuro-psychologist Barbara J. Sahakian, zoological ecologist Nicholas B. Davies, and the final work of the late Nobel laureate Thomas C. Schelling. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the history, nature, and dynamics of games.

Contents

Introduction David Blagden and Mark de Rond; 1. Personal principles in the political game Sayeeda Warsi; 2. The game of crime and punishment Nicola Padfield; 3. Wittgenstein's games A. C. Grayling; 4. Games in sports David Brailsford; 5. Losing the 'new great game' Frank Ledwidge; 6. Games for the brain Barbara J. Sahakian, Camilla d'Angelo and George Savulich; 7. Games animals play Nicholas B. Davies; Afterword. The game theory of conflict: the prisoners' dilemma - an unsympathetic critique Thomas C. Schelling.