Games in the philosophy of biology
Cailin O'Connor.
Bok Engelsk 2020 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Cambridge University Press
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (89 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
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| Opplysninger | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Jan 2020).. - Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Games in the Philosophy of Biology -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Games and Dynamics -- 3 Common Interest Signaling -- 3.1 The Lewis Signaling Game -- 3.2 The Evolution of Common Interest Signaling -- 3.2.1 Learning, Simulation, and the Emergence of Signaling -- 3.3 Applying the Model -- 3.3.1 Animal Communication -- 3.3.2 Human Language -- 3.3.3 Signaling in the Body -- 4 Conflict of Interest Signaling -- 4.1 Costs and Conflict of Interest -- 4.2 The Hybrid Equilibrium -- 4.3 When Honesty Met Costs: The Pygmalion Game -- 4.4 Altruism, Kin Selection, and the Sir Philip Sydney Game -- 4.5 Measuring Conflict of Interest -- 5 Meaning and Information in Signals -- 5.1 Information Theory -- 5.2 Semantic Content -- 5.3 Teleosemantics -- 5.4 Indicatives and Imperatives -- 5.5 Deception -- 6 Altruism and the Prisoner's Dilemma -- 6.1 The Prisoner's Dilemma -- 6.2 Evolving to Cooperate -- 6.2.1 Kin Selection -- 6.2.2 Group Selection -- 6.2.3 Reciprocity -- 6.2.4 Network Reciprocity -- 6.2.5 Punishment -- 6.3 Signaling and Altruism -- 6.3.1 Secret Handshakes, Greenbeards, and Moral Emotions -- 6.4 The Evolution of Spite -- 7 Stag Hunting, Bargaining, and the Cultural Evolution of Norms -- 7.1 The Stag Hunt -- 7.1.1 Signals and Stag Hunting -- 7.1.2 Joint Action with Friends -- 7.1.3 Group Selection of Stag Hunting -- 7.2 Bargaining -- 7.2.1 The Evolution of Justice -- 7.2.2 The Evolution of Inequity -- 7.2.3 Hawk-Dove and Resource Division -- 7.3 Bargaining and Joint Production -- 7.4 Norms, Conventions, and Evolution -- 8 Epilogue: Models, Methods, and the Philosophy of Biology -- Bibliography.. - This is an Element surveying the most important literature using game theory and evolutionary game theory to shed light on questions in the philosophy of biology. There are two branches of literature that the book focuses on. It begins with a short introduction to game theory and evolutionary game theory. It then turns to working using signaling games to explore questions related to communication, meaning, language, and reference. The second part of the book addresses prosociality - strategic behavior that contributes to the successful functioning of social groups - using the prisoner's dilemma, stag hunt, and bargaining games.
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| ISBN | 1-108-61673-9
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