On admissibility in game theoretic pragmatics: : A Reply to Pavan (2013)

• Autores: Michael Franke
• Localización: Linguistics and philosophy, ISSN 0165-0157, Vol. 37, Nº 3, 2014, págs. 249-256
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In a recent contribution in this journal, Sascia Pavan proposed a new game theoretic approach to explain generalized conversational implicatures in terms of general principles of rational behavior. His approach is based on refining Nash equilibrium by a procedure called iterated admissibility. I would like to strengthen Pavan's case by sketching an epistemic interpretation of iterated admissibility, so as to further our understanding of why iterated admissibility might be a good approximation of pragmatic reasoning. But the explicit epistemic view taken here also points to some shortcomings of his approach in comparison to rivaling accounts.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]