Mathematical solutions only focus expectations when players perceive each other as mathematicians
Evidence
We must avoid assuming that everything the analyst can perceive is perceived by the participants in a game, or that whatever exerts power of suggestion on the analyst does so on the participant in a game. In particular, game characteristics that are relevant to sophisticated mathematical solutions (except when the same solution can also be reached by an alternative, less sophisticated route) might not have this power of focusing expectations and influencing the outcome. They might have it only if the players perceived each other to be mathematicians. — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 272
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Players win only by drawing a division line both can anticipate identically — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 234; Rational agreement operates through shared psychic expectations, not mathematical reasoning — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 275
Related
- Rational agreement operates through shared psychic expectations, not mathematical reasoning (similarity 0.88)
- Rational players must factor non-mathematical focal details into strategy (similarity 0.86)
- Any coordinated expectation is rational regardless of how the players arrived at it (similarity 0.85)
- Tacit coordination supplies the empirical premise Nash solution concepts require (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Rational agreement operates through shared psychic expectations, not mathematical reasoning
#corroborates(0.85) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 275