“The transition from the concept of information in the technical (communication engineering) sense to the semantic (theory of meaning) sense was indeed difficult, if not impossible.” IfsDifficultImpossibleInformationTheoryCommunicationConceptsTransitionEngineering Author:Anatol Rapoport
“The "flow of information" through human communication channels is enormous. So far no theory exists, to our knowledge, which attributes any sort of unambiguous measure to this "flow".” HumansInformationTheoryCommunicationFlowEnormousAttributes Author:Anatol Rapoport
“It is the shortcomings of game theory (as originally formulated) which force the consideration of the role of ethics, of the dynamics of social structure, and of social structure and of individual psychology in situations of conflict.” GamesIndividualForceSocialSituationRolesPsychologyTheoryConflictEthicsStructureConsiderationShortcomingsDynamicsSocial Structure Book:Fights, Games, and Debates Source: Fights, Games, and Debates
“A thorough understanding of game theory, should dim these greedy hopes. Knowledge of game theory does not make one a better card player, businessman or military strategist.” ShouldDoeGamesUnderstandingPlayerMilitaryTheoryCardsBusinessmanGreedyThoroughStrategistThorough Understanding Author:Anatol Rapoport
“Although the drama of games of strategy is strongly linked with the psychological aspects of the conflict, game theory is not concerned with these aspects. Game theory, so to speak, plays the board. It is concerned only with the logical aspects of strategy.” PlayGamesSpeakTheoryDramaConflictConcernedAspectStrategyPsychologicalBoardsLogicalLinked Author:Anatol Rapoport
“Whether game theory leads to clear-cut solutions, to vague solutions, or to impasses, it does achieve one thing. In bringing techniques of logical and mathematical analysis gives men an opportunity to bring conflicts up from the level of fights, where the intellect is beclouded by passions, to the level of games, where the intellect has a chance to operate.” MenGivingDoeFightingPassionOpportunityGamesChanceLevelsClearCuttingOne ThingAchieveTheoryConflictSolutionsIntellectTechniqueMathematicalAnalysisLogicalVagueImpasseMathematical Analysis Author:Anatol Rapoport
“The usefulness of the models in constructing a testable theory of the process is severely limited by the quickly increasing number of parameters which must be estimated in order to compare the predictions of the models with empirical results.” OrderProcessResultsNumbersTheoryModelsComparePredictionsUsefulnessParameters Book:Prisoner's Dilemma: A Study in Conflict and Cooperation Source: Prisoner's Dilemma: A Study in Conflict and Cooperation
“(Game theory is) essentially a structural theory. It uncovers the logical structure of a great variety of conflict situations and describes this structure in mathematical terms. Sometimes the logical structure of a conflict situation admits rational decisions; sometimes it does not.” DoeSometimesGamesTermDecisionSituationTheoryConflictStructureRationalVarietyMathematicalLogicalRational Decisions Author:Anatol Rapoport
