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Peace

An Idea Whose Time Has Come

By: Anatol Rapoport

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Peace

An Idea Whose Time Has Come

By: Anatol Rapoport

In Peace: An Idea Whose Time Has Come, noted mathematician and peace researcher Anatol Rapoport explores the evolution of the idea of peace and explains why it is displacing war as a viable institution. Professor Rapoport ventures into uncharted philosophical territory by drawing on both the natural and the social sciences to trace the development of the ideas of war and peace. He argues that the theory of evolution and processes analogous to natural selection can explain not only biological events, but also the development of the institution of war. Thus the clashes of armed hordes at the dawn of history were the "ancestors" of our present battles using automated weapons, while Isaiah's prophecy of total disarmament--"And they shall beat their swords into ploughshares"--anticipates the resolutions of the United Nations. Rapoport explains that although the institution of war enjoys a long history and continues to be a policy option today, it may soon fall into disuse, either by losing its relevance to modern life or by destroying the civilizations that practice it. He then calls attention to ideas that lie dormant until people's "ideational environment" becomes receptive to their germination: peace, Anatol Rapoport believes, is one such idea. Peace continues in the interdisciplinary tradition that has taken root in inquiries at the nexus of science and philosophy. No specific technical knowledge is expected of the reader, only a willingness to venture into little-charted areas of thought.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472103156

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N-Person Game Theory

Concepts and Applications

By: Anatol Rapoport

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N-Person Game Theory

Concepts and Applications

By: Anatol Rapoport

DIVSequel to Two-Person Game Theory introduces necessary mathematical notation (mainly set theory), presents basic concepts and models, and provides applications to social situations. /div

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0486143678

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The Origins of Violence

Approaches to the Study of Conflict

By: Anatol Rapoport

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The Origins of Violence

Approaches to the Study of Conflict

By: Anatol Rapoport

In this fundamental analysis, Rapoport asks: Why do we have wars? Doesn't humanity always seem on the verge of self-annihilation? Is there something in human genetic structure that makes people want to kill each other? Perhaps this impulse is a matter of good versus evil, or just plain human nature. Rapoport moves beyond clichÃ©s by claiming that the sources of modern violence reside in the imbalance between a lag in the system of values inherited from the past and the structure of science and technology that awaits no revision of values to move ahead. As a result, Rapoport argues that the study of war and peace should be considered a science, just like biology or, for that matter, political science. The same rules of empirical engagement and experimentation should apply. Before we can have a theory of peace, we need a methodology of conflict. Using the writings of thinkers who have made significant contributions to the predominant ideas and ideals of our society, Rapoport weaves together the strands of independent thought and research into a single, thought-provoking work. After investigating the whys of violence, using ideological, psychological, strategic, and systemic perspective, Rapoport moves to an in-depth analysis of possible varieties of conflict resolution. He explores such mechanisms as mediation, education, and applying the results of scientific research. He documents the impact of ideologies countervailing dominant ones that place obstacles in the way of peacemaking. Rapoport argues that conciliation and game theories can be utilized to replace the concept of winner take all or total victory. The Origins of Violence is a needed contribution to our understanding of warfare, and provides a forward-looking perspective that can be of wide use to each of the policy sciences, starting with military strategy and ending with international development.

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1412838150

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History and Precedent in Environmental Design

By: Anatol Rapoport

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History and Precedent in Environmental Design

By: Anatol Rapoport

This book is about a new and different way of approaching and studying the history of the built environment and the use of historical precedents in design. However, although what I am proposing is new for what is currently called architectural history, both my approach and even my conclusions are not that new in other fields, as I discovered when I attempted to find supporting evidence. * In fact, of all the disciplines dealing with various aspects of the study of the past, architectural history seems to have changed least in the ways I am advocating. There is currently a revival of interest in the history of architecture and urban form; a similar interest applies to theory, vernacular design, and culture-environment relations. After years of neglect, the study of history and the use of historical precedent are again becoming important. However, that interest has not led to new approaches to the subject, nor have its bases been examined. This I try to do. In so doing, I discuss a more rigorous and, I would argue, a more valid way of looking at historical data and hence of using such data in a theory of the built environment and as precedent in environmental design. Underlying this is my view of Environment-Behavior Studies CEBS) as an emerging theory rather than as data to help design based on current "theory. " Although this will be the subject of another book, a summary statement of this position may be useful.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461305713

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Decision Theory and Decision Behaviour

Normative and Descriptive Approaches

By: Anatol Rapoport

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Decision Theory and Decision Behaviour

Normative and Descriptive Approaches

By: Anatol Rapoport

This book presents the content of a year's course in decision processes for third and fourth year students given at the University of Toronto. A principal theme of the book is the relationship between normative and descriptive decision theory. The distinction between the two approaches is not clear to everyone, yet it is of great importance. Normative decision theory addresses itself to the question of how people ought to make decisions in various types of situations, if they wish to be regarded (or to regard themselves) as 'rational'. Descriptive decision theory purports to describe how people actually make decisions in a variety of situations. Normative decision theory is much more formalized than descriptive theory. Especially in its advanced branches, normative theory makes use of mathematicallanguage, mode of discourse, and concepts. For this reason, the definitions of terms encountered in normative decision theory are precise, and its deductions are rigorous. Like the terms and assertions of other branches of mathematics, those of mathematically formalized decision theory need not refer to anything in the 'real', i. e. the observable, world. The terms and assertions can be interpreted in the context of models of real li fe situations, but the verisimilitude of the models is not important. They are meant to capture only the essentials of adecision situation, which in reallife may be obscured by complex details and ambiguities. It is these details and ambiguities, however, that may be crucial in determining the outcomes of the decisions.

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9401578400

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Peace

An Idea Whose Time Has Come

By: Anatol Rapoport

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An Idea Whose Time Has Come

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N-Person Game Theory

Concepts and Applications

By: Anatol Rapoport

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N-Person Game Theory

Concepts and Applications

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DIVSequel to Two-Person Game Theory introduces necessary mathematical notation (mainly set theory), presents basic concepts and models, and provides applications to social situations. /div

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Prisoner's Dilemma

A Study in Conflict and Cooperation

By: Anatol Rapoport,Albert M. Chammah

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Prisoner's Dilemma

A Study in Conflict and Cooperation

By: Anatol Rapoport,Albert M. Chammah

An account of many experiments in which the psychological game Prisoner's Dilemma was played

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0472061658

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The Origins of Violence

Approaches to the Study of Conflict

By: Anatol Rapoport

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Fights, Games, and Debates

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Fights, Games, and Debates

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A scientifically grounded method by which we can understand human conflict in all its forms

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047208741X

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Canada and the World

Agenda for the Last Decade of the Millennium

By: Anatol Rapoport,Anthony Rapoport

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Canada and the World

Agenda for the Last Decade of the Millennium

By: Anatol Rapoport,Anthony Rapoport

Canada and the World: Agenda For The Last Decade Of The Millennium

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Dundurn

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0888666365

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Skating on Thin Ice

By: Anatol Rapoport

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Skating on Thin Ice

By: Anatol Rapoport

In 1921, when he was 11 years old, Anatol Rapoport attempted to ice skate out of Russia to freedom in Poland. Caught by border guards and turned back, he decided to try again with the help of professional Army smugglers. This bittersweet story of emigration, by the famed psychologist and mathematician known for his work in game theory, is set against the background of the Russian revolution and civil war. Poignant accounts of life in the Ukraine and Crimea, stories of Red and White Army soldiers bivouacking in his home, and a 200-mile train ride that takes 13 days in the comfort of a boxcar make this Canadian/American author's story unforgettable.

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1571430849

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Skating on Thin Ice

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Prisoner's Dilemma

A Study in Conflict and Cooperation

By: Anatol Rapoport,Albert M. Chammah

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A Study in Conflict and Cooperation

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An account of many experiments in which the psychological game Prisoner's Dilemma was played

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Fights, Games, and Debates

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A scientifically grounded method by which we can understand human conflict in all its forms

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Two-Person Game Theory

By: Anatol Rapoport

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Two-Person Game Theory

By: Anatol Rapoport

Clear, accessible treatment of mathematical models for resolving conflicts in politics, economics, war, business, and social relationships. Topics include strategy, game tree and game matrix, and much more. Minimal math background required. 1970 edition.

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0486281094

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Book's by Anatol Rapoport

Peace

Peace

N-Person Game Theory

N-Person Game Theory

The Origins of Violence

The Origins of Violence

History and Precedent in Environmental Design

History and Precedent in Environmental Design

Decision Theory and Decision Behaviour

Decision Theory and Decision Behaviour

Peace

Peace

N-Person Game Theory

N-Person Game Theory

Prisoner's Dilemma

Prisoner's Dilemma

The Origins of Violence

The Origins of Violence

Fights, Games, and Debates

Fights, Games, and Debates

Canada and the World

Canada and the World

Skating on Thin Ice

Skating on Thin Ice

Skating on Thin Ice

Skating on Thin Ice

Prisoner's Dilemma

Prisoner's Dilemma

Fights, Games, and Debates

Fights, Games, and Debates

Two-Person Game Theory

Two-Person Game Theory

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