Explaining altruism [[electronic resource] ] : a simulation-based approach and its limits / / Eckhart Arnold

• Autore: Arnold Eckhart
• Pubblicazione: Frankfurt, : Ontos Verlag, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 p.)
• Disciplina: 171.8
• Soggetto topico: Altruism - Computer simulation; Cooperativeness - Computer simulation
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The riddle of altruism -- Chapter 3: The generalized theory of evolution as theoretical framework -- Chapter 4: Modeling the evolution of altruism -- Chapter 5: Empirical research on the evolution of altruism -- Chapter 6: Learning from failure -- Chapter 7: Summary and final reflections -- Chapter 8: Appendices -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Explaining altruism
• ISBN: 3-11-032757-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779735803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Practical Philosophy