Agents and Goals in Evolution

269 Pages·2018·4.191 MB·English

by  Samir Okasha

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Agents and Goals in Evolution
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Agents and Goals
in Evolution
Samir Okasha
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Contents
PrefaceandAcknowledgements xi
ListofFigures,Tables,andBoxes xiii
Introduction 1
PartI. AgencyinEvolutionaryBiology
1. AgentialThinkinganditsRationale 9
2. GenesandGroupsasAgents 43
PartII. The‘Goal’ofFitnessMaximization
3. Wright’sAdaptiveLandscape,Fisher’sFundamentalTheorem 73
4. Grafen’sFormalDarwinism,AdaptiveDynamics 98
5. SocialEvolution,Hamilton’sRule,andInclusiveFitness 117
PartIII. RationalityMeetsEvolution
6. TheEvolution–RationalityConnection 149
7. CanAdaptivenessandRationalityPartWays? 175
8. Risk,RationalChoice,andEvolution 200
FinalThoughts 230
References 235
Index 251
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Detailed Contents
PrefaceandAcknowledgements xi
ListofFigures,Tables,andBoxes xiii
Introduction 1
PartI. AgencyinEvolutionaryBiology
1. AgentialThinkinganditsRationale 9
1.1 Introduction 9
1.2 ConceptsofAgency 12
1.3 TwoTypesofAgentialThinking 15
1.4 MotherNatureasanAgent 16
1.5 OrganismsasAgents 21
1.6 Unity-of-purpose 28
1.7 Agents,Goals,andInterests 34
1.8 DennettReconsidered 39
1.9 Conclusion 41
2. GenesandGroupsasAgents 43
2.1 Introduction 43
2.2 GenesasAgents 44
2.3 GroupsasAgents 51
2.4 GroupAgencyinSocialScience 60
2.5 TheBiologicalVeil-of-ignorance 65
2.6 Conclusion 70
PartII. The‘Goal’ofFitnessMaximization
3. Wright’sAdaptiveLandscape,Fisher’sFundamentalTheorem 73
3.1 Introduction 73
3.2 TheAdaptiveLandscape 74
3.3 Fisher’sFundamentalTheorem 84
3.4 Conclusion 96
Appendix3.1 97
4. Grafen’sFormalDarwinism,AdaptiveDynamics 98
4.1 Introduction 98
4.2 Grafen’s‘MaximizingAgent’Analogy 99
4.3 Frequency-dependentSelection 108
4.4 EmpiricalorTheoreticalJustification? 114
4.5 Conclusion 116