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Optimizing engines: Rational choice in the neolithic?

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2015

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Sterelny, Kim

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University of Chicago Press

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This article has both substantive and methodological goals. Methodologically, it shows that rational choice theory (in its behavioral ecology form) is an especially important tool for guiding research in contexts in which agents appear to be acting against their best interests. The Neolithic transition is one such case, and the article develops a substantive conception of that transition, illustrating the heuristic power of behavioral ecology.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/70224

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ANU Research Publications

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Philosophy of Science

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10.1086/681602

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2037-12-31

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