عنوان

Darwin's conjecture :

(Number (ISBN

0226346900 (hardcover : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9780226346908 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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b533569

Title Proper

Darwin's conjecture :

General Material Designation

[Book]

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the search for general principles of social and economic evolution /

First Statement of Responsibility

Geoffrey M. Hodgson and Thorbjørn Knudsen

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Chicago :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Chicago Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2010

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xii, 290 p. :

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ill. ;

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24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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The challenge of Darwinism for the social sciences -- Generalizing Darwinism -- Rivals and rebuttals -- The Lamarckian confusion -- The principle of selection and its application to social evolution -- Information, complexity, and generative replication -- From group selection to organizational interactors -- Major informational transitions in social evolution -- Conclusion and agenda for future research

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"The principles of Darwinism, which involve variation, inheritance, and selection, are increasingly of interest to social scientists. But no one has provided a truly rigorous account of how the principles apply to the evolution of human society͠until now." "In Darwin's Conjecture, Geoffrey M. Hodgson and Thorbj⁰rn Knudsen reveal how these core concepts apply to a wide range of social phenomena, including business practices, legal systems, technology, and even science itself. They also critique some prominent objections to applying Darwin to social science, arguing that ultimately Darwinism functions as a general theoretical framework for stimulating further inquiry. Social scientists who adopt a Darwinian approach, they contend, can then use it to develop new explanatory theories and predictive models." "This truly pathbreaking work at long last makes the powerful conceptual tools of Darwin available to the social sciences and will be welcomed by scholars and students from a range of disciplines."--BOOK JACKET

Natural selection-- Social aspects

Social Darwinism

Social evolution

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Hodgson, Geoffrey Martin,1946-

Knudsen, Thorbjørn

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20110212001524.0

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