The Dynamics of Norms (Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision Theory) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521560624 ISBN 13: 9780521560627

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

In the social sciences norms are sometimes taken to play a key explanatory role. Yet norms differ from group to group, from society to society, and from species to species. How are norms formed and how do they change? This 'state-of-the-art' collection of essays presents some of the best contemporary research into the dynamic processes underlying the formation, maintenance, metamorphosis and dissolution of norms. The volume combines formal modelling with more traditional analysis, and considers biological and cultural evolution, individual learning, and rational deliberation. In filling a significant gap in the current literature this volume will be of particular interest to economists, political scientists and sociologists, in addition to philosophers of the social sciences.

About this title

Product Description:

BICCHIERI, C. / R. JEFFREY / B. SKYRMS, EDS. THE DYNAMICS OF NORMS. CAMBRIDGE, 1997, ix 222 p.,figuras. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

Review:

"For philosophers familiar with mathematical economics, this books is a good survey of research on the dynamics of social behavior. It is a sophisticated introduction to the latest techniques for explaining social norms and similar beavioral regularities." Paul Weirich, Philosophy in Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521560624
• ISBN 13: 9780521560627
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 234
• Editor: Bicchieri Cristina, Jeffrey Richard, Skyrms Brian