Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
The problem of adaptive individual choice in cultural evolution. |
| Authors: |
Catherine Driscoll1 |
| Source: |
Biology & Philosophy. Jan2008, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p101-113. 13p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*SOCIAL evolution, *CIVILIZATION, *SOCIAL development, *SOCIAL change |
| Abstract: |
Abstract  This paper tries to explain how individuals manage adaptive individual choice (i.e., the decision to acquire a fitter than average behavior or idea rapidly and tractably) in cultural evolution, despite the fact that acquiring fitness information is very difficult. I argue that the means of solving this problem suggested in the cultural evolution literature largely are various types of decision rules employing representations of fitness correlated properties or states of affairs. I argue that the problem of adaptive individual choice is best solved where some of these learning rule representations are socially transmitted and some are biologically transmitted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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