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    Steffen Andersen — Carmelics
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    Steffen Andersen

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    Steffen Andersen is a contemporary philosopher and decision theorist known for work on game theory, rationality, and the foundations of strategic reasoning. His critical analyses of solution concepts in extensive-form games have contributed to debates about the coherence of backward induction and common knowledge of rationality.

    Notable Achievements

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    Argued that backward induction is self-undermining in certain extensive-form games

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    Contributed to debates on common knowledge of rationality in game theory

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    Work on the epistemic foundations of decision theory

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    Backward induction is self-undermining as a solution concept in certain extensive-form games

    Truth & Knowledge

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    Backward induction is self-undermining as a solution concept in certain extensive-form games

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