Evolution, the emotions, and rationality in social interaction

Although Colman's criticisms of orthodox game theory are convincing, his assessment of progress toward construction of an alternative is unnecessarily restrictive and pessimistic. He omits an important multidisciplinary literature grounded in human evolutionary biology, in particular the existe...

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Published inThe Behavioral and brain sciences Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 156 - 157
Main Author Butler, David J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.04.2003
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Emotions
Game theory
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Summary:Although Colman's criticisms of orthodox game theory are convincing, his assessment of progress toward construction of an alternative is unnecessarily restrictive and pessimistic. He omits an important multidisciplinary literature grounded in human evolutionary biology, in particular the existence and function of social emotions experienced when facing some strategic choices. I end with an alternative suggestion for modifying orthodox game theory.
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PII:S0140525X03250056
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X03250056