Birch, Jonathan 
ORCID: 0000-0001-7517-4759
(2016)
Hamilton's two conceptions of social fitness.
Philosophy of Science, 83 (5).
pp. 848-860.
ISSN 0031-8248
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Abstract
Hamilton introduced two conceptions of social fitness, which he called neighbour-modulated fitness and inclusive fitness. Although he regarded them as formally equivalent, a re-analysis of his own argument for their equivalence brings out two important assumptions on which it rests: weak additivity and actor's control. When weak additivity breaks down, neitherfi tness concept is appropriate in its original form. When actor's control breaks down, neighbour-modulated fitness may be appropriate, but inclusive fitness is not. Yet I argue that, despite its more limited domain of application, inclusive fitness provides a distinctively valuable perspective on social evolution.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/phos/current |
| Additional Information: | © 2016 Philosophy of Science Association |
| Divisions: | Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Mar 2016 10:40 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Oct 2025 00:57 |
| Projects: | Philip Leverhulme Prize |
| Funders: | Leverhulme Trust |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/65710 |
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