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Extending the behavioral sciences framework: Clarification of methods, predictions, and concepts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2007

Alex Mesoudi  and
Kevin N. Laland
Alex Mesoudi
Affiliation:
W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2, Canadamesoudi@interchange.ubc.cahttp://gels.ethics.ubc.ca/Members/amesoudi
Kevin N. Laland
Affiliation:
School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9TS, Scotland. knl1@st-and.ac.ukhttp://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/@seal
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Abstract

We applaud Gintis's attempt to provide an evolutionary-based framework for the behavioral sciences, and note a number of similarities with our own recent cultural evolutionary structure for the social sciences. Gintis's proposal would be further strengthened by a greater emphasis on additional methods to evolutionary game theory, clearer empirical predictions, and a broader consideration of cultural transmission.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , February 2007 , pp. 36 - 37
Copyright
2007 Cambridge University Press

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