Article ID: CBB928905488

Hamilton meets causal decision theory (2019)

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In this paper, I contrast two mathematically equivalent ways of modeling the evolution of altruism, namely the classical inclusive fitness approach and a more recent, “direct fitness” approach. Though both are usually considered by evolutionists as mere different ways of representing the same causal process (i.e. that of kin selection), I argue that this consensus is misleading, for there is a fundamental ambiguity concerning the causal interpretation of the DF approach. Drawing on an analogy between the structure of inclusive fitness theory and that of causal decision theory (Stalnaker, 1972), I show that only the inclusive fitness framework can provide us with a proper, and unambiguous causal partition of the relevant variables involved in the evolution of altruism.

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Authors & Contributors
Schulz, Armin
Borrello, Mark E.
McLoone, Brian
Aja Watkins
Schulz, Armin W.
Chapuisat, Michel
Concepts
Evolutionary psychology
Adaptation (biology)
Group selection
Evolution
Evolutionary developmental biology
Altruism
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
19th century
Places
England
United States
Russia
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