Evolution of the Social Contract Export

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TY - BOOK ID - Skyrms:1996 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4235647 N2 - In this highly readable book, Brian Skyrms, a recognized authority on game and decision theory, investigates traditional problems of the social contract in terms of evolutionary dynamics. Game theory is skillfully employed to offer new interpretations of a wide variety of social phenomena, including justice, mutual aid, commitment, convention and meaning. The book is not technical and requires no special background knowledge. As such, it could be enjoyed by students and professionals in a wide range of disciplines: political science, philosophy, decision theory, economics and biology. SN - 0521555833 TI - Evolution of the Social Contract PB - Cambridge University Press KW - book KW - contract KW - contract-theory KW - dynamics KW - evol-game KW - evolution KW - evolutionary KW - game KW - game-theory KW - public KW - social KW - structure KW - systems AU - Skyrms, Brian PY - 1996/06/28/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/0521555833 ER -