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CfP: Workshop: The Puzzle of Social Behavior: Game Theory and Beyond, 3-5 April 2025, Bielefeld (Germany)

Workshop:The Puzzle of Social Behavior: Game Theory and Beyond
Time:April 3 - 5, 2025
Place:Center of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld

Call for Submissionsfor the WorkshopThe Puzzle of Social Behavior: Ga
me Theory and Beyondorganized by Mantas Radzvilas and Wolfgang Spohn wit
hin the Reinhart-Koselleck project "Reflexive Decision and Game Theory" at 
the University of Konstanz and by the Center of Interdisciplinary Research 
at the University of Bielefeld. 

Please find below the description of the workshop and a list of confirmed p
articipants. See also the project's website, and in particular there at
events: 

https://www.philosophie.uni-konstanz.de/forschung/drittmittelprojekte/reinh
art-koselleck-projekt/ 



There are up to 5 further slots of 40 minutes (30 minutes talk, 10 minutes
discussion) for presentations. Everyone interested in presenting themselves
 is invited to apply for participation. Early-career researchers and schola
rs from underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply. 

For this purpose, please submit an abstract of your talk of at most 1000 wo
rds (2 pages) and a CVtillJanuary 6, 2025.Decisions on the submiss
ions will be made within four weeks. Those selected will be invited to part
icipate including a coverage of travel and accommodation costs. 

Please send your application both
to:mantas.radzvilas@uni-konstanz.deandwolfgang.spohn@uni-konstanz.
de 

Abstract:The workshop will be co-organized by the Reinhart-Koselleck pro
ject "Reflexive Decision and Game Theory" of Wolfgang Spohn at the Universi
ty of Konstanz and the Center of Interdisciplinary Research at the Universi
ty of Bielefeld. Its game-theoretic part is particularly concerned with fou
ndational issues of game theory. Which is hence the topic of the second wor
kshop of this project. Social reality is built on the capacity of human bei
ngs to engage in social behavior - complex forms of intentional, coordinate
d actions involving more than one individual. For several decades, game the
ory has served as the primary conceptual framework for developing a variety
 of theories aiming to explain social behavior, such as social norms, proso
cial preferences, virtual bargaining, and team reasoning theories. All of t
hese theories converge on the idea that social behavior is sustained by suf
ficiently aligned interests and beliefs of the interacting individuals, yet
 they disagree on how these necessary alignments of interests and beliefs c
ome about. A number of game-theoretic accounts of social behavior can claim
 substantial amounts of experimental results as supporting evidence. In man
y cases, experimental evidence supports multiple accounts equally, thus cre
ating a problem of underdetermination. To conclude, after a number of decad
es of intensive development, a unified mathematical framework of game theor
y has not been able to produce a unified account of social behavior.

This conceptually unsatisfactory state of affairs raises a number of import
ant questions. Is there a methodology to select among the competing account
s? Should these accounts be viewed as competing theories of social behavior
, or rather as theories that complement one another? Are there better uncon
sidered alternatives to existing theories? Is game theory truly the best ap
proach towards explaining social behavior?

The purpose of the workshop is to advance the discussion on these and other
 philosophical questions related to the status of game-theoretic explanatio
ns of social behavior. 

Confirmed Participants:

Jason Alexander, LSE; Nick Chater, University of Warwick; Zo Christoff, 
University of Groningen; Urs Fischbacher, University of Konstanz; Nathalie 
Gold, LSE; Francesco Guala, University of Milano; Jurgis Karpus, University
 of Munich; Willemien Kets, University of Utrecht; Michiru Nagatsu, Univers
ity of Helsinki; Mantas Radzvilas, University of Konstanz; Gerard Rothfus, 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Julian Nida-Rmelin, Univers
ity of Munich; Hannes Rau, University of Karlsruhe (KIT); Rory Smead, North
eastern University; Wolfgang Spohn, University of Konstanz; Robert Sugden, 
University of East Anglia.
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