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    It is not the case that If constrained maximizers can achieve cooperative outcomes within the same payoff matrix, the inefficient outcome follows from a specific psychological assumption, not situational logic alone.

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    • 1.Psychological dispositions ARE part of situational logic—preferences shape what agents rationally maximize within any given payoff matrix.
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    • 2.Claiming psychology explains cooperation independently misses that cooperative capacity reflects evolved responses to repeated strategic situations.
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    • 3.The claim artificially separates psychology from logic when rational behavior incorporates both; the distinction itself lacks clear boundaries.
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    • 1.Identical payoff matrices can yield different outcomes depending on whether agents have trust-building mechanisms or reciprocal dispositions.
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    • 2.Defection in prisoner's dilemma games persists even when cooperation is mathematically available, suggesting psychology matters beyond structure.
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    • 3.Constrained maximizers with altruism or conditional cooperation preferences can escape inefficient equilibria that rational egoists cannot.
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