Explaining Altruism: A Simulation-based Approach and Its Limits - Couverture rigide

Arnold Ph.D. MA, Eckhart

 
9783110327304: Explaining Altruism: A Simulation-based Approach and Its Limits
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ISBN 10 : 3110327309 ISBN 13 : 9783110327304
Editeur : De Gruyter, 2008

Synopsis

Employing computer simulations for the study of the evolution of altruism has been popular since Axelrod's book "The Evolution of Cooperation". But have the myriads of simulation studies that followed in Axelrod's footsteps really increased our knowledge about the evolution of altruism or cooperation?

This book examines in detail the working mechanisms of simulation based evolutionary explanations of altruism. It shows that the "theoretical insights" that can be derived from simulation studies are often quite arbitrary and of little use for the empirical research. In the final chapter of the book, therefore, a set of epistemological requirements for computer simulations is proposed and recommendations for the proper research design of simulation studies are made.

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Éditeur
De Gruyter
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3110327309
ISBN 13 
9783110327304
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
310
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ISBN 10 :  3868380078 ISBN 13 :  9783868380071
Editeur : ontos verlag, 2008
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