Behavioural Deception and Formal Models of Communication
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gregory McWhirter (University of California, Irvine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 757-780 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-01 |
| 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/axv001 |
| OpenAlex | W1965237376 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 21 |
Having a satisfactory definition of behavioural deception is important for understanding several types of evolutionary questions. No definition offered in the literature so far is adequate on all fronts. After identifying characteristics that are important for a definition, a new definition of behavioural deception is offered. The new definition, like some other proposed attempts, relies on formal game-theoretic models of signalling. Unlike others, it incorporates explicit consideration of the population in which the potentially deceptive interactions occur. The general structure of the definition satisfies many of the characteristics that were problematic for other definitions, and others are satisfied by explicitly incorporating information about the population in which interactions occur. Examples are given for chick begging in the Sir Philip Sidney game and other situations. 1 Introduction2 Deception in Formal Models 2.1 Formal models of signalling 2.2 Deception as dishonesty 2.3 Deception as negative value of information 2.4 Deception as misinformation with payoff conditions3 A Revised Definition 3.1 Technical definitions 3.2 Begging behaviour and the Sir Philip Sidney game 3.3 ‘Universal’ deception and a possible objection 3.4 One-on-one interactions 3.5 Lucky errors4 Discussion and Conclusions
Begging · Cognitive science · Computer security · Deception · Dishonesty · Epistemology · Game theory · Mathematical economics · Misinformation · Population · Sociology · Computer Science · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology
Games in the Philosophy of Biology
A Functional Analysis of Human Deception
A Functional Analysis of Self-Deception
On the function of self‐deception
We Should Move on from Signalling-Based Analyses of Biological Deception
Altruistic deception
In Defence of a Functional Analysis of Deception
Toward a formal analysis of deceptive signaling
Deception as Mimicry
Disclosure and Information Transfer in Signaling Games
| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 0,91 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |