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    It is not the case that Determining which type of game agents are actually playing is of critical practical importance, because the correct intervention depends on the game structure.

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    • 1.Game structures are not observer-independent facts but are constituted by agents' interpretations, which are themselves shaped by intervention.
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    • 2.Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations show that no behavioral evidence uniquely determines which game agents are 'really' playing.
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    • 3.Therefore, the diagnostic step presupposed by the claim is epistemically circular: interventions alter the game structure they purport to identify.
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    • 1.Schelling's focal point theory demonstrates that salient equilibria emerge from shared cultural context, not game-theoretic structure alone.
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    • 2.NATO-style external enforcement can itself become a focal point that transforms a coordination game into a PD by introducing adversarial framing.
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    • 3.The claim's practical prescription thus risks being self-undermining: correct diagnosis does not guarantee that the intervention preserves the diagnosed structure.
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    • 1.Hobbesian external enforcement is the appropriate solution for Prisoner's Dilemmas.
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    • 2.Recalibration of interest evaluations is the appropriate solution for coordination games.
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    • 3.Misidentifying a coordination game as a PD leads to applying the wrong intervention.
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