Cooperation and its evolution / edited by Kim Sterelny ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sterelny, Kim, editor.

Series:

Life and mind

Life and mind: philosophical issues in biology and psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooperation.

Cooperativeness.

Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy.

Evolution (Biology).

Evolutionary psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 577 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

MIT Press CogNet.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

I Agents and Environments 15

1 The Evolution of Individualistic Norms / Don Ross Ross, Don 17

2 Timescales, Symmetry, and Uncertainty Reduction in the Origins of Hierarchy in Biological Systems / Jessica C. Flack Flack, Jessica C., Doug Erwin Erwin, Doug, Tanya Elliot Elliot, Tanya, David C. Krakauer Krakauer, David C. 45

3 On Depending on Fish for a Living, and Other Difficulties of Living Sustainably / Hanna Kokko Kokko, Hanna, Katja Heubel Heubel, Katja 75

4 Life in Interesting Times: Cooperation and Collective Action in the Holocene / Kim Sterelny Sterelny, Kim 89

5 The Birth of Hierarchy / Paul Seabright Seabright, Paul 109

6 Territoriality and Loss Aversion: The Evolutionary Roots of Property Rights / Herbert Gintis Gintis, Herbert 117

7 Cooperation and Biological Markets: The Power of Partner Choice / Ronald Noë Noë, Ronald, Bernhard Voelkl Voelkl, Bernhard 131

8 False Advertising in Biological Markets: Partner Choice and the Problem of Reliability / Ben Fraser Fraser, Ben 153

9 MHC-Mediated Benefits of Trade: A Biomolecular Approach to Cooperation in the Marketplace / Haim Ofek Ofek, Haim 175

10 What We Don't Know about the Evolution of Cooperation in Animals / Deborah M. Gordon Gordon, Deborah M. 195

11 Task Partitioning: Is It a Useful Concept? / Adam G. Hart Hart, Adam G. 203

12 Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Toward a Richer Conceptual Framework / Andrew Cockburn Cockburn, Andrew 223

II Agents and Mechanisms 247

13 Why the Proximate-Ultimate Distinction Is Misleading, and Why It Matters for Understanding the Evolution of Cooperation / Brett Calcott Calcott, Brett 249

14 Emergence of a Signaling Network with Probe and Adjust / Brian Skyrms Skyrms, Brian, Simon M. Huttegger Huttegger, Simon M. 265

15 Bacterial Social Life: Information Processing Characteristics and Cooperation Coevolve / Livio Riboli-Sasco Riboli-Sasco, Livio, François Taddei Taddei, François, Sam Brown Brown, Sam 275

16 Two Modes of Transgenerational Information Transmission / Nicholas Shea Shea, Nicholas 289

17 What Can Imitation Do for Cooperation? / Cecilia Heyes Heyes, Cecilia 313

18 The Role of Learning in Punishment, Prosociality, and Human Uniqueness / Fiery Cushman Cushman, Fiery 333

19 Our Pigheaded Core: How We Became Smarter to Be Influenced by Other People / Hugo Mercier Mercier, Hugo 373

20 Altruistic Behaviors from a Developmental and Comparative Perspective / Felix Warneken Warneken, Felix 399

21 Culture-Gene Coevolution, Large-Scale Cooperation, and the Shaping of Human Social Psychology / Maciek Chudek Chudek, Maciek, Wanying Zhao Zhao, Wanying, Joseph Henrich Henrich, Joseph 425

22 Suicide Bombers, Weddings, and Prison Tattoos: An Evolutionary Perspective on Subjective Commitment and Objective Commitment / Daniel M. T. Fessler Fessler, Daniel M. T., Katinka Quintelier Quintelier, Katinka 459

23 Communicative Functions of Shame and Guilt / June P. Tangney Tangney, June P., Jeffrey Stuewig Stuewig, Jeffrey, Elizabeth T. Malouf Malouf, Elizabeth T., Kerstin Youman Youman, Kerstin 485

24 Moral Disgust and the Tribal Instincts Hypothesis / Daniel R. Kelly Kelly, Daniel R. 503

25 Evolution, Motivation, and Moral Beliefs / Matteo Mameli Mameli, Matteo 525

26 The Many Moral Nativisms / Richard Joyce Joyce, Richard 549.

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Cooperation and its evolution.

ISBN:

9780262313032

0262313030

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