Game Theory and Grice’s Cooperation Principle

Abstract

In recent years, game theory has penetrated various sciences such as political science, computer science, biology and the social sciences. It has been used to explain and interpret some of the dumb concepts and to study a wide range of topics including how decision makers interact in a competitive environment, in which the outcome of each factor’s decision influences the outcomes of other factors. The present study, adopting Kerpindorff’s (2004) content analysis approach, sought to analyze the four principles of Grice’s Cooperation Principle (which is based on purpose and meaning) using game theory. The results of the study indicated that in the case of violation of any of the Grice’s principles which may result in communication breakdown, the game theory adequately compensates for it

Keywords

• cooperation principles
• violation of rules
• game theory
• applied critique