![]() ![]() "In terms of results, Austen generates multiple insights not yet approached by modern game theory… My claim is that Austen consciously intended to theorize strategic thinking in her novels the occupation with strategic thinking is Austen’s and not just mine. ![]() Finally, Austen explores new applications, arguing, for example, that strategizing together in a partnership is the surest foundation for intimate relationships." Austen also carefully distinguishes strategic thinking from other concepts often confused with it, such as selfishness and economism, and even discusses the disadvantages of strategic thinking. Austen then considers how strategic thinking relates to other explanations of human action, such as those involving emotions, habits, rules, social factors, and ideology. Austen analyzes these foundational concepts in examples too numerous and systematic to be considered incidental. ![]() Strategic thinking, what Austen calls “penetration,” is game theory’s central concept: when choosing an action, a person thinks about how others will act. Austen starts with the basic concepts of choice (a person does what she does because she chooses to) and preferences (a person chooses according to her preferences). “Austen is not just singularly insightful but relentlessly theoretical. Chwe argues, absurdly, that in the early 19 th Century Austen was laying the philosophical groundwork for a new theory of strategic action. ![]()
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