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.
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