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Selection without multiple replicators?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2001

John W. Pepper
Affiliation:
Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM 87501 jpepper@santafe.edu www.santafe.edu/~jpepper
Thorbjørn Knudsen
Affiliation:
Department of Marketing, School of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark/Odense University, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmarktok@sam.sdu.dk www.sam.sdu.dk

Abstract

Hull et al.'s construction of operant learning as an instance of selection gives rise to problems that weaken this application of selection theory beyond acceptable limits. We point out that most fundamental is a disregard for the need to include multiple concurrent replicators in any definition of selection and indicate how this problem may be solved.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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