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PublisherAmsterdam University Press

ISBN-109089641238

ISBN-139789089641236

eBay Product ID (ePID)79245761

Product Key Features

Number of Pages248 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDiscourses on Social Software

SubjectSocial Aspects / General, Computer Science, General

Publication Year2009

TypeTextbook

AuthorRineke Verbrugge

Subject AreaComputers, Social Science

SeriesTexts in Logic and Games Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight16.6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.3 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Table Of ContentTable of Contents - 6 Preface - 8 List of Authors - 14 Chapter 1: Introductory Conversation - 16 Chapter 2: Replies to Angry, Prag and Star - 30 Chapter 3: What is Social Software? - 38 Chapter 4: A Guest Lecture on Social Software - 50 Chapter 5: Social Software and the Social Sciences - 58 Chapter 6: On Social Choice Theory - 72 Chapter 7: Ends and Means, Values and Virtues - 88 Chapter 8: Common Knowledge and Common Belief - 100 Chapter 9: Game Theory, Logic and Rational Choice - 124 Chapter 10: What is Protocol Analysis? - 136 Chapter 11: Dynamic Epistemic Logic for Protocol Analysis - 148 Chapter 12: Battle of the Logics - 164 Chapter 13: Eating from the Tree of Ignorance - 184 Chapter 14: On Collective Rational Action - 200 Chapter 15: Social Software and the Ills of Society - 220 Bibliography - 228 Index - 246

SynopsisCan computer scientists contribute to the solution of societal problems? Can logic help to model social interactions? Are there recipes for making groups with diverging preferences arrive at reasonable decisions? Why is common knowledge important for social interaction? Does the rational pursuit of individual interests put the public interest in danger, and if so, why? Discourses on Social Software sheds light on these and similar questions. This book offers the reader an ideal introduction to the exciting new field of social software. It shows in detail the many ways in which the seemingly abstract sciences of logic and computer science can be put to use to analyse and solve contemporary social problems.The unusual format of a series of discussions among a logician, a computer scientist, a philosopher and some researchers from other disciplines encourages the reader to develop his own point of view. The only requirements for reading this book are a nodding familiarity with logic, a curious mind, and a taste for spicy debate., Can computer scientists contribute to the solution of societal problems? Can logic help to model social interactions? Are there recipes for making groups with diverging preferences arrive at reasonable decisions? Why is common knowledge important for social interaction? Does the rational pursuit of individual interests put the public interest in danger, and if so, why? Discourses on Social Software sheds light on these and similar questions. This book offers the reader an ideal introduction to the exciting new field of social software. It shows in detail the many ways in which the seemingly abstract sciences of logic and computer science can be put to use to analyse and solve contemporary social problems. The unusual format of a series of discussions among a logician, a computer scientist, a philosopher and some researchers from other disciplines encourages the reader to develop his own point of view. The only requirements for reading this book are a nodding familiarity with logic, a curious mind, and a taste for spicy debate.

LC Classification NumberHMT58.5-58.64