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    Without prior specification of rules and payoff functions... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The process of play itself, including players' types and how they change over time, is a better focus for understanding interaction than mere games or game forms alone.

    Without prior specification of rules and payoff functions, 'player types' and 'processes of play' lack the formal grounding needed for rigorous analysis.

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    • 1.Mathematical rigor requires explicit axioms; game theory without specified rules is indistinguishable from informal narrative.
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    • 2.Ambiguous payoff functions allow post-hoc rationalization of any outcome, making falsification impossible.
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    • 3.Formal specification enables reproducible analysis and peer verification, foundational to scientific method.
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    • 1.Emergent properties and real-world complexity often defy prior specification; rules co-evolve with play itself.
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    • 2.Requiring full formal grounding before analysis excludes valuable evolutionary, behavioral, and institutional insights.
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    • 3.Player types and processes can be meaningfully characterized descriptively before formal axiomatization occurs.
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