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The limitations of unification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2007

Arthur B. Markman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712. markman@psy.utexas.eduhttp://www.psy.utexas.edu/psy/faculty/markman/

Abstract

There are two roadblocks to using game theory as a unified theory of the behavioral sciences. First, there may not be a single explanatory framework suitable for explaining psychological processing. Second, even if there is such a framework, game theory is too limited, because it focuses selectively on decision making to the exclusion of other crucial cognitive processes.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
2007 Cambridge University Press

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