Brian Skyrms

Social Dynamics

Brian Skyrms applies adaptive dynamics (of cultural evolution and individual learning) to social theory, investigating altruism, spite, fairness, trus...

The Stag Hunt and the Evolution of Social Structure

Brian Skyrms, author of the successful Evolution of the Social Contract (which won the prestigious Lakatos Award) has written a sequel. The book is a ...

Evolution of the Social Contract

This new edition further develops the application of evolutionary game theory to an analysis of the origins of social contracts....

Signals

Evolution, Learning, and Information

Brian Skyrms presents a fascinating exploration of how fundamental signals are to our world. He uses a variety of tools — theories of signaling game...

From Zeno to Arbitrage

Essays on Quantity, Coherence, and Induction

Brian Skyrms presents a set of influential essays on the nature of quantity, probability, coherence, and induction. The first part explores the nature...

The Dynamics of Rational Deliberation

Brian Skyrms constructs a theory of "dynamic deliberation" and uses it to investigate rational decisionmaking in cases of strategic interaction. This ...

Ten Great Ideas about Chance

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, gamblers and mathematicians transformed the idea of chance from a mystery into the discipline of probabili...

The Pursuit of Happiness

Philosophical and Psychological Foundations of Utility

Utilitarianism began as a movement for social reform that changed the world, based on the ideal of maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain. There is a...

Causal Necessity

A Pragmatic Investigation of the Necessity of Laws

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Subject Guide and Advice to Users of the Library of the DeGolyer Foundation

Room 302, Fondren Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

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