In this new edition of Evolution of the Social Contract, Brian
Skyrms uses evolutionary game theory to analyze the genesis of
social contracts and investigates social phenomena including
justice, communication, altruism, and bargaining. Featuring new
material on evolution and information transfer, and including
recent developments in game theory and evolution literature, his
book introduces and applies appropriate concepts of equilibrium and
evolutionary dynamics, showing how key issues can be modelled as
games and considering the ways in which evolution sometimes
supports, and sometimes does not support, rational choice. He
discusses topics including how bargaining with neighbours promotes
sharing of resources, the diversity of behavior in ultimatum
bargaining in small societies, the Prisoner's Dilemma, and an
investigation into signalling games and the spontaneous emergence
of meaningful communication. His book will be of great interest to
readers in philosophy of science, social science, evolutionary
biology, game and decision theory, and political theory.
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