Altruism, Group Selection and Correlated Interaction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399238 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samir Okasha (0000-0001-6595-7557, University of Bristol, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 703-725 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/axi143 |
| OpenAlex | W2134905101 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 23 |
Group selection is one acknowledged mechanism for the evolution of altruism. It is well known that for altruism to spread by natural selection, interactions must be correlated; that is, altruists must tend to associate with one another. But does group selection itself require correlated interactions? Two possible arguments for answering this question affirmatively are explored. The first is a bad argument, for it rests on a product/process confusion. The second is a more subtle argument, whose validity (or otherwise) turns on issues concerning the meaning of multi-level selection and how it should be modelled. A cautious defence of the second argument is offered. 1. Introduction 2. Multi-level selection and the evolution of altruism 3. Price's equation and multi-level selection 4. Contextual analysis and multi-level selection 5. The neighbour approach 6. Recapitulation and conclusion
Altruism (biology) · Argument (complex analysis) · Biology · Confusion · Epistemology · Group (periodic table) · Group selection · Inclusive fitness · Kin selection · Meaning (existential) · Natural selection · Selection (genetic algorithm) · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Levels of Selection Debate
Stable Models and Causal Explanation in Evolutionary Biology
Beyond Pro-Social Behaviour
Sewall Wright, shifting balance theory, and the hardening of the modern synthesis
Explanatory goals and explanatory means in multilevel selection theory
William D. Hamilton’s Brazilian lectures and his unpublished model regarding Wynne-Edwards’s idea of natural selection. With a note on ‘pluralism’ and different philosophical approaches to evolution
Is there such a thing as “group selection” in the contextual analysis framework
Analysis of human mobility patterns for opportunistic forwarding in shopping mall environments
Explaining human altruism
Correlated Interaction and Group Selection
Varieties of Population Structure and the Levels of Selection
Altruism in social networks
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2021 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |