Background
Koons, Robert Charles was born on February 22, 1957 in St. Paul. Son of Charles Bruce and Margaret Constance (Suter) Koons.
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The purpose of this book is to develop a framework for analyzing strategic rationality, a notion central to contemporary game theory, which is the formal study of the interaction of rational agents, and which has proved extremely fruitful in economics, political theory, and business management. The author argues that a logical paradox (known since antiquity as "the Liar paradox") lies at the root of a number of persistent puzzles in game theory, in particular those concerning rational agents who seek to establish some kind of reputation. Building on the work of Parsons, Burge, Gaifman, and Barwise and Etchemendy, Robert Koons constructs a context-sensitive solution to the whole family of Liar-like paradoxes, including, for the first time, a detailed account of how the interpretation of paradoxial statements is fixed by context. This analysis provides a new understanding of how the rational agent model can account for the emergence of rules, practices, and institutions.
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Koons, Robert Charles was born on February 22, 1957 in St. Paul. Son of Charles Bruce and Margaret Constance (Suter) Koons.
Bachelor in Philosophy, Michigan State University, 1979. Master of Arts in Philosophy and Theology, Oxford University, England, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1987.
Assistant professor philosophy University Texas, Austin, 1987-1993, associate professor, 1993-2000, professor, since 2000. Senior fellow Texas Public Policy Foundation, Discovery Institute.
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Faculty affiliate Christian Leadership Ministries, Dallas, 1987. Member American Philosophical Association, Association Sybolic Logic, Society Christian Philosophers.
Married Deborah Leslie Good, December 29, 1979. Children: Emily Alexandra, Elizabeth Ariel, Benjamin Robert.