
The Stag Hunt and the Evolution of Social Structure.
Title:
The Stag Hunt and the Evolution of Social Structure.
Author:
Skyrms, Brian.
ISBN:
9780511187445
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (167 pages)
Contents:
COVER -- HALF-TITLE -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- l THE STAG HUNT -- THE STAG HUNT -- THE STAG HUNT AND THE SHADOW OF THE FUTURE -- GROUP SELECTION AND THE STAG HUNT -- THE STAG HUNT AND THE SOCIAL CONTRACT -- GAME DYNAMICS -- PART I LOCATION -- 2 BARGAINING WITH NEIGHBORS -- JUSTICE -- RATIONALITY -- BARGAINING WITH STRANGERS -- BARGAINING WITH NEIGHBORS -- ROBUSTNESS -- ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- 3 STAG HUNT WITH NEIGHBORS -- THE BAD NEWS -- THE GOOD NEWS -- TWO KINDS OF DYNAMICS -- A CLOSER LOOK AT THE MODELS -- DIMENSIONS AND DYNAMICS -- LOCAL INTERACTION AND THE STAG HUNT -- OTHER INTERACTION STRUCTURES -- POISONERS REVISITED -- PART II SIGNALS -- 4 EVOLUTION OF INFERENCE -- PHILOSOPHICAL SKEPTICISM -- CONVENTION ACCORDING TO DAVID LEWIS -- LEWIS'S SIGNALING GAMES -- BACTERIA DO IT -- EVOLUTION -- LEARNING -- LOGIC? -- PROTO-TRUTH FUNCTIONS -- INFERENCE -- 5 CHEAP TALK -- TALK IS CHEAP -- PRISONER'S DILEMMA AND THE SECRET HANDSHAKE -- STAG HUNT AND THE HANDICAP PRINCIPLE -- BARGAINING AND BASINS OF ATTRACTION -- ANTICORRELATION -- COSTS AND THE PRISONER'S DILEMMA -- CHEAP TALK EVALUATED -- PART III ASSOCIATION -- 6 CHOOSING PARTNERS -- MAKING FRIENDS I -- MAKING FRIENDS II -- MAKING ENEMIES -- POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE -- FADING MEMORIES -- THREE'S COMPANY -- STAG HUNT -- REINFORCEMENT AND ROBUSTNESS -- DIVISION OF LABOR REVISITED -- PD VARIATIONS -- 7 COEVOLUTION OF STRUCTURE AND STRATEGY -- THE STAG HUNT -- IMITATION AND BEST-RESPONSE -- PRISONER'S DILEMMA -- DIVISION OF LABOR -- BARGAINING -- STAG HUNT WITH BARGAINING -- A BIGGER STAG HUNT -- POSTSCRIPT -- NOTES -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1. THE STAG HUNT -- PART I. LOCATION -- CHAPTER 2. BARGAINING WITH NEIGHBORS -- CHAPTER 3. STAG HUNT WITH NEIGHBORS -- PART II. SIGNALS -- CHAPTER 4. EVOLUTION OF INFERENCE -- CHAPTER 5. CHEAP TALK.
PART III. ASSOCIATION -- CHAPTER 6. CHOOSING PARTNERS -- CHAPTER 7. COEVOLUTION OF STRUCTURE AND STRATEGY -- POSTSCRIPT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Abstract:
This book by Brian Skyrms is a study of ideas of cooperation and collective action.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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