In this paper, we show how game theoretic work on conversation combined with a theory of discourse structure provides a framework for studying interpretive bias and how bias affects the production and interpretation of linguistic content. We model the influence of author bias on the discourse content and structure of the author’s linguistic production and interpreter bias on the interpretation of ambiguous or underspecified elements of that content and structure. Interpretive bias is an essential feature of learning and understanding but also something that can be exploited to pervert or subvert the truth. We develop three types of games to understand and to analyze a range of interpretive biases, the factors that contribute to them, and their strategic effects.

在本文中，我们展示了会话博弈论工作如何与话语结构理论相结合，为研究解释性偏见以及偏见如何影响语言内容的产生和解释提供了一个框架。我们模拟了作者偏见对作者语言生产的话语内容和结构的影响，以及解释者偏见对对该内容和结构的模糊或未指定元素的解释的影响。解释性偏见是学习和理解的基本特征，但也是可以用来歪曲或颠覆真相的东西。我们开发了三种类型的游戏来理解和分析一系列解释偏差、导致偏差的因素及其战略影响。