LEADER 00000cam a2200637Ma 4500 001 ocn854568860 003 OCoLC 005 20160527040635.1 006 m o d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 130717s2008 gw ad ob 001 0 eng d 019 851970735 020 9783110327571|q(e-book) 020 3110327570|q(e-book) 020 3868380078 020 9783868380071 020 3110327309 020 9783110327304 020 |z9783868380071 020 |z9783110327304 035 (OCoLC)854568860|z(OCoLC)851970735 040 E7B|beng|epn|cE7B|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dCOO|dYDXCP|dEBLCP|dIDEBK |dN$T|dDEBBG|dOCLCQ 049 RIDW 050 4 BJ1474|b.A76 2008eb 072 7 PHI|x005000|2bisacsh 082 04 171.8|223 090 BJ1474|b.A76 2008eb 100 1 Arnold, Eckhart.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ no2005003523 245 10 Explaining altruism :|ba simulation-based approach and its limits /|cEckhart Arnold. 264 1 Frankfurt :|bOntos Verlag,|c2008. 300 1 online resource (310 pages :) :|billustrations. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Practical philosophy ;|vBd. 11 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Blank Page; Blank Page; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The riddle of altruism; Chapter 3 The generalized theory of evolutionas theoretical framework; Chapter 4 Modeling the evolution of altruism; Chapter 5 Empirical research on the evolutionof altruism; Chapter 6 Learning from failure; Chapter 7 Summary and final reflections; Chapter 8 Appendices; Bibliography. 520 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. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Altruism|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85003944|xComputer simulation.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh99005300 650 0 Cooperativeness|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85032227|xComputer simulation.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh99005300 650 7 Altruism.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/806239 650 7 Computer simulation.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 872518 650 7 Cooperativeness.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 878236 655 4 Electronic books. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aArnold, Eckhart.|tExplaining Altruism : A Simulation-Based Approach and its Limits.|dBerlin : De Gruyter, ©2008|z9783110327304 830 0 Practical philosophy ;|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/no2004056085|vBd. 11. 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=603706|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20160607|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID