The domain of the replicators : selection, neutrality, and cultural evolution

• Main Authors: Lansing, J. Stephen., Cox, Murray P.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Anthropology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100255; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17802
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Do cultural phenomena undergo evolutionary change, in a Darwinian sense? If so, is evolutionary game theory (EGT) the best way to study them? Opinion on these questions is sharply divided. Proponents of EGT argue that it offers a unified theoretical framework for the social sciences, while critics e...