The Stag Hunt and the Evolution of Social Structure

ISBN: 9780521533928

出版社: Cambridge University Press

出版年: 2003-12-15

页数: 166

定价: USD 26.99

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

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.

作者简介

布赖恩·斯科姆斯：美国加州大学欧文分校逻辑、科学哲学、经济学杰出教授。研究方向为约定与社会契约的进化，并对归纳逻辑、决策理论等有着浓厚的研究兴趣。其另一本著作《社会契约的进化》曾获莱克托斯大奖。

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