Counterfactuals in Wonderland

The literary source of the main ideas in Aumann's article ``Backward Induction and Common Knowledge of Rationality" is exposed and analyzed. The primordial archetypal images that underlie both this literary source and Aumann's work are delineated and are used to explain the great emotive impact that this work had on the community of game theorists.

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Year of publication:	1997-03-11
Authors:	Samet, Dov
Institutions:	EconWPA
Subject:	counterfactuals \| backward induction \| rationality \| archetypes \| Easter eggs \| post modernism \| Snark

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Extent:	application/pdf application/postscript
Series:	Game Theory and Information.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Type of Document - postscript; pages: 7. Also posted in newsgroup rec.dont.be.too.serious 7 pages
Classification:	C7 - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory ; D8 - Information and Uncertainty
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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