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    It is not the case that The epistemic approach to game theory provides a bottom-up alternative to classical top-down game theory

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    • 1.Classical game theory already incorporates individual rationality assumptions through Nash equilibrium's mutual best-response conditions.
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    • 2.The bottom-up/top-down distinction collapses when both approaches ultimately require common knowledge of rationality to generate predictions.
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    • 3.Aumann's foundational work on correlated equilibrium shows epistemic and classical approaches converge on equivalent solution concepts.
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    • 1.The epistemic approach inherits classical game theory's idealized rationality constraints, making 'bottom-up' a redescription rather than a genuine methodological departure.
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    • 2.Bounded rationality theorists like Herbert Simon argue that any framework preserving perfect Bayesian updating fails to model actual individual decision-making from the ground up.
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    • 1.The epistemic approach focuses on the choices of individual decision makers in specific informational contexts
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    • 2.Individual choices are assessed on the basis of decision-theoretic choice rules
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    • 3.Classical game theory proceeds top-down rather than from individual decision-maker analysis
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