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Optimizing engines: Rational choice in the neolithic?

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dc.contributor.authorSterelny, Kim
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:36:38Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2015-12-10T11:55:44Z
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.identifier.issn0031-8248
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/70224
dc.publisherUniversity of Chicago Press
dc.sourcePhilosophy of Science
dc.titleOptimizing engines: Rational choice in the neolithic?
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue3
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage423
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage402
local.contributor.affiliationSterelny, Kim, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidSterelny, Kim, u8401578
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor220300 - PHILOSOPHY
local.identifier.absseo970122 - Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB2258
local.identifier.citationvolume82
local.identifier.doi10.1086/681602
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84930064249
local.type.statusPublished Version

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