Your discussion of the threat game is utterly dissolved by game theory. The game between Tom and Joe has a mixed Nash equilibrium where both make some sort of “probabilistic precommitments”, and neither can improve their outcome by changing their “disposition” while assuming the other’s “disposition” as given.
Your discussion of the threat game is utterly dissolved by game theory. The game between Tom and Joe has a mixed Nash equilibrium where both make some sort of “probabilistic precommitments”, and neither can improve their outcome by changing their “disposition” while assuming the other’s “disposition” as given.