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Darwin's conjecture : the search for general principles of social and economic evolution / Geoffrey M. Hodgson and Thorbjørn Knudsen.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.Description: xii, 290 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780226005782
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.4 HOD
Contents:
The challenge of Darwinism for the social sciences -- Generalizing Darwinism -- Rivals and rebuttals -- The Lamarckian confusion -- The principle of selection and its application to social evolution -- Information, complexity, and generative replication -- From group selection to organizational interactors -- Major information transitions in social evolution -- Conclusion and agenda for future research.
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The challenge of Darwinism for the social sciences -- Generalizing Darwinism -- Rivals and rebuttals -- The Lamarckian confusion -- The principle of selection and its application to social evolution -- Information, complexity, and generative replication -- From group selection to organizational interactors -- Major information transitions in social evolution -- Conclusion and agenda for future research.