Historical evolution and mathematical models

A sociocultural algorithm

Bibliographic Data

ID10142168
AuthorsJürgen Klüver (corresponding author), Jörn Schmidt (0000-0002-4420-6532)
Year2003
Volume27
Issue1
Pages53-83
Publication date2003-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Mathematical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-250X • E-ISSN: 1545-5874
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00222500305887
OpenAlexW2079202425
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited21

Though there are a lot of approaches to the problem of sociocultural evolution most of them are only one-sided, i.e., they deal only with either social or cultural processes. With few exceptions they are also only informal theories with no formal rigour. In this article we propose a theoretical model which considers both sides of the problem, that is the mutual interdependence of the evolution of social structures and of the culture of a society. A mathematical model, the sociocultural algorithm (SCA), based on these theoretical considerations maps several of the dynamic characteristics of sociocultural evolution, suggesting that universal principles underlie the dynamics of historical evolution

Algorithm · Epistemology · Rigour · Social evolution · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Anthropology · Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis · Computer Science · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Philosophy

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