Evolution of the social contract
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Author
Publication
1996 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
Language
English
Word Count
36,500 words, Guess
Page Count
146 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL793322M
- ISBN-100521554713
- OCLC Control Number503402278
- OCLC Control Numberevolutionsocialc00skyr
- Library of Congress Control Number95025932
and 2 more
- LibraryThing163337
- Goodreads87646
Classifications
- DDC320.1/1
- LCCJC336 .S49 1996
Description
In this pithy and highly readable book, Brian Skyrms, a recognized authority on game theory and decision theory, investigates traditional problems of the social contract in terms of evolutionary dynamics. Game theory is skillfully employed to offer quite new interpretations of a wide variety of social phenomena, including justice, mutual aid, commitment, convention, and meaning. The author eschews any grand, unified theory. Rather, he presents the reader with tools drawn from evolutionary game theory for the purpose of analyzing and coming to understand the social contract. The book is not technical and requires no special background knowledge. As such, it could be enjoyed by students and professionals in a wide range of disciplines: political science, philosophy, decision theory, economics and biology.
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