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9789400738133 | Springer Verlag, November 29, 2013, cover price $259.00 | About this edition: This is a collection of high-quality research papers in the philosophy of science, deriving from papers presented at the second meeting of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Amsterdam, October 2009.
This volume explores from multiple perspectives the subtle and interesting relationship between the theory of rational choice and Darwinian evolution. In rational choice theory, agents are assumed to make choices that maximize their utility; in evolution, natural selection 'chooses' between phenotypes according to the criterion of fitness maximization. So there is a parallel between utility in rational choice theory and fitness in Darwinian theory. This conceptual link between fitness and utility is mirrored by the interesting parallels between formal models of evolution and rational choice. The essays in this volume, by leading philosophers, economists, biologists and psychologists, explore the connection between evolution and rational choice in a number of different contexts, including choice under uncertainty, strategic decision making and pro-social behaviour. They will be of interest to students and researchers in philosophy of science, evolutionary biology, economics and psychology.
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9781107004993 | Cambridge Univ Pr, July 30, 2012, cover price $99.99 | About this edition: This volume explores from multiple perspectives the subtle and interesting relationship between the theory of rational choice and Darwinian evolution.
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9781107416840 | Reprint edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, June 12, 2014), cover price $44.99
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9780199267972 | Clarendon Pr, January 18, 2007, cover price $87.00
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9780199556717 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, January 15, 2009, cover price $43.95
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9780198745587 | 2 edition (Oxford Univ Pr, September 28, 2016), cover price $11.95
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9780192802835 | Oxford Univ Pr, August 29, 2002, cover price $11.95
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