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Record Nr.

UNINA9910725081203321

Autore

Wang Rui-Wu

Titolo

The End of Rationality and Selfishness : A Story on the Asymmetry, Uncertainty and the Evolution of Cooperation / / by Rui-Wu Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

9789811997525

9789811997518

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

WangJuan

Disciplina

302.14

Soggetti

Economics—Psychological aspects

International relations

Social evolution

Behavioral Economics

Economic Psychology

International Relations

Social Evolution

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

The Paradox of Rationality and Selfishness -- Two Asymmetric and Uncertain Selection---Start Thinking by a Hammer -- Inheritance of Acquired Character and Outbreak of Mass Incidents ---Increasing Pressure Accelerates the Evolution of Altruistic Behavior -- Social Cooperation: Drive Toward Choice of Sex -- Cooperation & Slavery---Free Competition to Social Division of Labor -- The Significance of Our Survival.

Sommario/riassunto

This book reviews the antinomy of rationality and selfishness raised from egoism, though rationality and selfishness are understood as basic evolutionary dynamics of humans and other organisms in both classical economics and evolutionary biology. Based on the research and a comparison with human’s social cooperative behavior, the author presents his belief that the social cooperative system, in its essence, cooperation and conflict are of uncertain stochasticity resulting from their intrinsic asymmetric interaction between cooperative partners. The book then discusses limitations of Newton’s methodology of



monism in both biology and social science. The understanding of the asymmetric and uncertain characteristics found in cooperation system needs perspective of quantum physics of pluralism. At the end of the book, the author undertakes a review of consistency of Newtonian and monism philosophy and the links between quantum physics and pluralism philosophy.