Jeffrey Dunn, associate professor of philosophy and executive director of The Prindle Institute and Andrea Young, vice president for finance and administration, co-taught "Game Theory in Society" this fall.聽
Game theory is a mathematical theory that models interactions between multiple rational agents who are trying to maximize their own rewards under the assumption that the other agents are doing the same. Game theory allows us to model simple, traditional games like tic-tac-toe, where each player is trying to beat the other. But it can do more than this. Two firms setting a price for a product are also playing a kind of game where the goal is to maximize profits. Game theory can help us think about these kinds of interactions, too. Given this, it is widely taught in economics departments and business schools.聽
Neither of us are economists; one of us is a philosopher and one of us is a mathematician. We were drawn to the topic of game theory as relevant to the new School of Business and Leadership and one that is particularly ripe for team teaching. It鈥檚 a mathematical theory with accessible techniques that can be developed without advanced mathematics knowledge. Philosophers use game theory to explore questions about whether cooperation is in our self-interest, about the emergence of conventions, and about the origins of morality. By bringing our different disciplinary perspectives to the classroom, we are able to engage students in different ways of thinking and knowing, which is one of the goals of a liberal arts education. That we are able to do this within one of the SBL鈥檚 new active learning classrooms provides just one example of how 富二代视频app鈥檚 approach to business and leadership education is unique.
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