Johannes Martens
Biographic Data
| ID | 3874458 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Johannes Martens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Johannes |
| FAMILY NAME | Martens |
| SIGNATURE | MARTENS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | UCLouvain |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Keywords in Economics and Evolutionary Biology
From Evolutionary Biology to Economics and Back
Hamilton meets causal decision theory
Inclusive Fitness as a Measure of Biological Utility
This article is about the analogy between inclusive fitness and utility. In behavioral ecology, it is often assumed that individual organisms behave as if they were “striving” to maximize their inclusive fitness—a measure analogue to the kind of utility function that is used to represent the preferences of rational agents. Here, I explore some conceptual puzzles related to this view and question whether the kind of biological utility posited by t…
The behavioural ecology of irrational behaviours
Inclusive Fitness and the Maximizing-Agent Analogy
In social evolution theory, biological individuals are often represented on the model of rational agents, that is, as if they were ‘seeking’ to maximize their own (expected) reproductive success. In the 1990s, important criticisms of this mode of thinking were made by Brian Skyrms ([1994], [1996]) and Elliott Sober ([1998]), who both argued that ‘rational agent’ models can lead to incorrect predictions when there are positive correlations between…
Inclusive Fitness and the Maximizing-Agent Analogy
In social evolution theory, biological individuals are often represented on the model of rational agents, that is, as if they were ‘seeking’ to maximize their own (expected) reproductive success. In the 1990s, important criticisms of this mode of thinking were made by Brian Skyrms ([1994], [1996]) and Elliott Sober ([1998]), who both argued that ‘rational agent’ models can lead to incorrect predictions when there are positive correlations between…
The behavioural ecology of irrational behaviours
Inclusive Fitness and the Maximizing-Agent Analogy
In social evolution theory, biological individuals are often represented on the model of rational agents, that is, as if they were ‘seeking’ to maximize their own (expected) reproductive success. In the 1990s, important criticisms of this mode of thinking were made by Brian Skyrms ([1994], [1996]) and Elliott Sober ([1998]), who both argued that ‘rational agent’ models can lead to incorrect predictions when there are positive correlations between…
Hamilton meets causal decision theory
Inclusive Fitness as a Measure of Biological Utility
This article is about the analogy between inclusive fitness and utility. In behavioral ecology, it is often assumed that individual organisms behave as if they were “striving” to maximize their inclusive fitness—a measure analogue to the kind of utility function that is used to represent the preferences of rational agents. Here, I explore some conceptual puzzles related to this view and question whether the kind of biological utility posited by t…
Keywords in Economics and Evolutionary Biology
From Evolutionary Biology to Economics and Back
Computer Science (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (4 works) · Mathematical economics (4 works) · Analogy (3 works) · Evolutionary biology (3 works) · Inclusive fitness (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works)