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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Okasha, Samir

Titel

The Relation between Kin and Multilevel Selection: An Approach Using Causal Graphs

Ist Teil von

• The British journal for the philosophy of science, 2016-06, Vol.67 (2), p.435-470

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Humanities

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Kin selection and multilevel selection are alternative approaches for studying the evolution of social behaviour, the relation between which has long been a source of controversy. Many recent theorists regard the two approaches as ultimately equivalent, on the grounds that gene frequency change can be correctly expressed using either. However, this shows only that the two are formally equivalent, not that they offer equally good causal representations of the evolutionary process. This article articulates the notion of an 'adequate causal representation' using causal graphs, and then seeks to identify circumstances under which kin and multilevel selection do and do not satisfy the test of causal adequacy.