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Individuality and Entanglement: The Moral and Material Bases of Social Life
Herbert Gintis
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Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 263 x 32. Weight in Grams: 872.
In this book, acclaimed economist Herbert Gintis ranges widely across many fields--including economics, psychology, anthropology, sociology, moral philosophy, and biology--to provide a rigorous transdisciplinary explanation of some fundamental characteristics of human societies and social behavior. Because such behavior can be understood only through transdisciplinary research, Gintis argues, Individuality and Entanglement advances the effort to unify the behavioral sciences by developing a shared analytical framework--one that bridges research on gene-culture coevolution, the rational-actor model, game theory, and complexity theory. At the same time, the book persuasively demonstrates the rich possibilities of such transdisciplinary work. Everything distinctive about human social life, ... Read more
In this book, acclaimed economist Herbert Gintis ranges widely across many fields--including economics, psychology, anthropology, sociology, moral philosophy, and biology--to provide a rigorous transdisciplinary explanation of some fundamental characteristics of human societies and social behavior. Because such behavior can be understood only through transdisciplinary research, Gintis argues, Individuality and Entanglement advances the effort to unify the behavioral sciences by developing a shared analytical framework--one that bridges research on gene-culture coevolution, the rational-actor model, game theory, and complexity theory. At the same time, the book persuasively demonstrates the rich possibilities of such transdisciplinary work. Everything distinctive about human social life, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
872g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691172910
SKU
V9780691172910
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About Herbert Gintis
Herbert Gintis is an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He is the author, coauthor, or coeditor of a number of books, including Game Theory Evolving, The Bounds of Reason, Unequal Chances, A Cooperative Species, and Game Theory in Action (all Princeton).
Reviews for Individuality and Entanglement: The Moral and Material Bases of Social Life
This is a masterly and path-breaking book by one of the most complete behavioral scientists of all time, Herbert Gintis. It seeks to unify the behavioral sciences and to provide a core analytical framework. It should be required reading for every student of behavioral science and will play a critical role in the development of the behavioral sciences. . . ... Read more