The philosophy of social evolution

The philosophy of social evolution / Jonathan Birch.

From mitochondria to meerkats, the natural world is full of spectacular examples of social behaviour. Jonathan Birch explores how the three key explanatory ideas of social evolution theory - Hamilton's rule, kin selection, and inclusive fitness - can illuminate our understanding of the social w...

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Main Author: Birch, Jonathan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Social evolution > Philosophy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Social evolution > Philosophy
Sozialphilosophie
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Table of Contents:
  • Jumping into the river ...
  • Part I Foundations
  • Conceptualizing social behaviour
  • Hamilton's rule as an organizing framework
  • The rule under attack
  • Kin selection and group selection
  • Two conceptions of social fitness
  • Part II Extensions
  • Gene mobility and the concept of relatedness
  • The multicellular organism as a social phenomenon
  • Cultural relatedness and human social evolution
  • ... and climbing out again.

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