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Evolution of the Social Contract (Record no. 6555)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781107434288
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 320.11
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Skyrms, Brian
9 (RLIN) 379087
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Evolution of the Social Contract
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 2nd Revised edition
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Cambridge University Press;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 30 Oct 2014
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 164 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. In this new edition of Evolution of the Social Contract, Brian Skyrms uses evolutionary game theory to analyze the genesis of social contracts and investigates social phenomena including justice, communication, altruism, and bargaining. Featuring new material on evolution and information transfer, and including recent developments in game theory and evolution literature, his book introduces and applies appropriate concepts of equilibrium and evolutionary dynamics, showing how key issues can be modeled as games and considering the ways in which evolution sometimes supports, and sometimes does not support, rational choice. He discusses topics including how bargaining with neighbors promotes sharing of resources, the diversity of behavior in ultimatum bargaining in small societies, the Prisoner's Dilemma, and an investigation into signaling games and the spontaneous emergence of meaningful communication. His book will be of great interest to readers in philosophy of science, social science, evolutionary biology, game and decision theory, and political theory.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Social interaction
9 (RLIN) 379088
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Political science & theory
9 (RLIN) 379089
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Philosophy of science
9 (RLIN) 379090
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Karachi Karachi Society and Politics 11/07/2016 1 320.11 PKLC012860 28/03/2017 29/01/2017 11/07/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 3
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore Society and Politics 27/04/2016 2 320.11 PKLC013263 05/03/2019 23/02/2019 27/04/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17