Social Dynamics
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780199652839
Subjects: Social sciences, philosophy
Description: "Important essays by a leading expert in the field Trailblazing work at the scientific end of philosophy Brian Skyrms presents eighteen essays which apply adaptive dynamics (of cultural evolution and individual learning) to social theory. Altruism, spite, fairness, trust, division of labor, and signaling are treated from this perspective. Correlation is seen to be of fundamental importance. Interactions with neighbors in space, on static networks, and on co-evolving dynamics networks are investigated. Spontaneous emergence of social structure and of signaling systems are examined in the context of learning dynamics."--Back cover.