Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Brian Skyrms, author of the successful Evolution of the Social Contract (which won the prestigious Lakatos Award) has written a sequel. The book is a study of ideas of cooperation and collective action. The point of departure is a prototypical story found in Rousseau's A Discourse on Inequality. Rousseau contrasts the pay-off of hunting hare where the risk of non-cooperation is small but the reward is equally small, against the pay-off of hunting the stag where maximum cooperation is required but where the reward is so much greater. Thus, rational agents are pulled in one direction by considerations of risk and in another by considerations of mutual benefit. Written with Skyrms's characteristic clarity and verve, this intriguing book will be eagerly sought out by students and professionals in philosophy, political science, economics, sociology and evolutionary biology.

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- 316 --- Sociologie --(algemeen) --- Collective behavior. --- Cooperation. --- Social action. --- Social evolution. --- Social networks. --- Social structure. --- 316 Sociologie --(algemeen) --- Collective behavior --- Cooperation --- Social action --- Social evolution --- Social networks --- Social structure --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Anthropology --- Sociology --- Social institutions --- Networking, Social --- Networks, Social --- Social networking --- Social support systems --- Support systems, Social --- Interpersonal relations --- Cliques (Sociology) --- Microblogs --- Cultural evolution --- Cultural transformation --- Culture, Evolution of --- Culture --- Evolution --- Social change --- Social policy --- Social problems --- Collaborative economy --- Cooperative distribution --- Cooperative movement --- Distribution, Cooperative --- Peer-to-peer economy --- Sharing economy --- Economics --- Profit-sharing --- Behavior, Collective --- Crowd behavior --- Crowds --- Mass behavior --- Human behavior --- Social psychology --- Psychology --- 316.3 --- 316.3 Sociale structuur --(sociologie) --- Sociale structuur --(sociologie) --- Arts and Humanities --- Philosophy

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Empiricism --- Probabilities --- Chance --- Pragmatics --- Probability --- Statistical inference --- Combinations --- Mathematics --- Least squares --- Mathematical statistics --- Risk --- Pragmalinguistics --- General semantics --- Language and languages --- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical --- Semantics (Philosophy) --- Experience --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Rationalism --- Fortune --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- Chance. --- Empiricism. --- Pragmatics. --- Probabilities.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Bayesian statistical decision theory --- Game theory --- Bayesian statistical decision theory. --- Games, Theory of --- Theory of games --- Mathematical models --- Mathematics --- Bayes' solution --- Bayesian analysis --- Statistical decision --- Game theory.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

In this pithy and highly readable book, Brian Skyrms, a recognised authority on game and decision theory, investigates traditional problems of the social contract in terms of evolutionary dynamics. Game theory is skilfully employed to offer 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 analysing 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.

330.1 --- 519.8 --- Social contract --- Game theory --- Games, Theory of --- Theory of games --- Mathematical models --- Mathematics --- Social compact --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Political science --- Sociology --- Sovereignty --- 519.8 Operational research --- Operational research --- 330.1 Economische grondbegrippen. Algemene begrippen in de economie --- Economische grondbegrippen. Algemene begrippen in de economie --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Contracttheorie --- Contrat social --- Jeux [Théorie des ] --- Speltheorie --- Théorie des jeux --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Arts and Humanities --- Philosophy --- Social contract. --- Game theory.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Induction (Logic) --- Probabilities