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    It is not the case that A disposition to cooperate, if mutually recognized, transforms the rational calculus agents face even under the original payoff matrix.

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    • 1.If disposition recognition truly changes rational calculus, the original payoff matrix was incomplete and misrepresented actual incentives.
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    • 2.Agents can rationally fake cooperative disposition to exploit cooperators, so recognition alone doesn't guarantee transformed behavior.
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    • 3.The claim conflates psychological cooperation with structural game theory—recognition changes preferences, not rational decision-making logic.
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    • 1.Mutual recognition of cooperative disposition creates common knowledge that changes expected payoffs from defection strategies.
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    • 2.Rational agents update their models when they identify stable signals of cooperation, making previously dominant strategies suboptimal.
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    • 3.The payoff matrix represents isolated incentives, but cooperation recognition introduces reputational and relationship continuity effects.
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