Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42
    Cogan — Carmelics
    Thinkers/Cogan
    C

    Cogan

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy / Game Theory

    Cogan is a contemporary scholar working in the intersection of game theory and philosophy, with particular focus on the epistemic foundations of sequential decision-making. Their work examines how plausibility assessments and belief revisions function differently during actual gameplay versus theoretical analysis.

    Notable Achievements

    1

    Analyzed plausibility updates in sequential games during actual play

    2

    Distinguished interpretive frameworks for plausibility in game-theoretic contexts

    3

    Contributed to the epistemology of sequential decision-making

    Positions & Arguments(1)

    Skepticism

    claim

    Plausibility updates in sequential games during actual play differ in interpretation from plausibility updates used in pregame deliberation for Backward Induction.

    Truth & Knowledge

    claim

    Plausibility updates in sequential games during actual play differ in interpretation from plausibility updates used in pregame deliberation for Backward Induction.

    At a Glance

    Ideas

    1

    Topics

    2

    Era

    contemporary

    Tradition

    Analytic Philosophy / Game Theory

    Topic Influence

    Truth & Knowledge1
    Skepticism1

    Related Thinkers

    David Lewis2 shared
    Immanuel Kant
    2 shared
    Boyd2 shared
    Brian Skyrms2 shared
    Stathis Psillos2 shared
    Bertrand Russell2 shared
    David Hume2 shared
    Aristotle2 shared

    Dive Deeper

    Explore Truth & Knowledge→See Skepticism→