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Game theory for reformation of behavioral science based on a mistake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2007

Jeffrey Foss
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P4, Canada. jefffoss@uvic.cahttp://web.uvic.ca/philosophy/aboutus/faculty.php

Abstract

Gintis assumes the behavioral (=social) sciences are in disarray, and so proposes a theory for their unification. Examination of the unity of the physical sciences reveals he misunderstands the unity of science in general, and so fails to see that the social sciences are already unified with the physical sciences. Another explanation of the differences between them is outlined.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
2007 Cambridge University Press

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