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    Game models are not straightforwardly read off from payof... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→If players in a game reach the (C,C) equilibrium under conditions where (C,C) and (D,D) are both Nash Equilibria, the correct description is that the Prisoner's Dilemma was the wrong model of their situation, not that they played non-Nash Equilibrium strategies in a Prisoner's Dilemma.

    Game models are not straightforwardly read off from payoff structures; they are theoretical idealizations that can misdescribe situations while remaining the intended model.

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    • 1.Payoff structures underdetermine models: identical payoffs allow multiple game formulations (sequential vs. simultaneous) with different solution properties.
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    • 2.Theoretical idealizations can be intentionally chosen despite misdescribing reality to isolate causal mechanisms for analytical clarity.
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    • 3.Empirical game selection involves non-structural factors: researcher purpose, tractability, and disciplinary conventions shape which model is 'intended'.
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    • 1.If a model misdescribes situations, it fails its core function as a descriptive tool, making 'intended' status without accuracy epistemically suspect.
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    • 2.Payoff structures do constrain feasible models significantly: not all formulations produce identical predictions, so the claim overstates indeterminacy.
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    • 3.Invoking 'intentions' to justify misdescription risks unfalsifiability: any model can be defended as 'intended' regardless of empirical failure.
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