Random Foraging and Perceived Randomness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10703003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marshall Abrams (University of Alabama at Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1244-1254 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/psa.2023.29 |
| OpenAlex | W4321253285 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
Research in evolutionary ecology on random foraging seems to ignore the possibility that some random foraging is an adaptation not to environmental randomness, but to what Wimsatt called “perceived randomness.” This occurs when environmental features are unpredictable, whether physically random or not. Mere perceived randomness may occur, for example, due to effects of climate change or certain kinds of static landscape variation. I argue that an important mathematical model concerning random foraging doesn’t depend on environmental randomness, despite contrary remarks by researchers. I use computer simulations to illustrate the idea that random foraging is an adaptation to mere perceived randomness
Adaptation (eye) · Biology · Foraging · Physics · Randomness · Statistics · Variation (astronomy) · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Computer Science · Diffusion and Search Dynamics · Ecology · Mathematics · Psychology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |