Long Childhood, Family Networks, and Cultural Exclusivity: Missing Links in the Debate over Human Group Selection and Altruism

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Azar Gat
Keyword(s):  
Group Selection ◽  
Human Group ◽  
Family Networks

Authoritarianism as a group-level adaptation in humans

1996 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 780-781
Author(s):  
Sven van de Wetering
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Group Selection ◽  
Behavioral Adaptation ◽  
Group Level ◽  
Human Group ◽  
Variance In Reproductive Success

AbstractWilson & Sober's discussion of group selection is marred by the absence of plausible examples of human group-level behavioral adaptation. The trait of authoritarianism is one possible example of such an adaptation. It reduces within-group variance in reproductive success, manifests itself more strongly in response to group-level threat, and is found in a variety of cultures.

A Comparison of Family Networks and Friend Networks In Health Care Utilization

1973 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Colman Salloway ◽  
Patrick B. Dillon
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Family Networks

African American Families in Diversity: Gay Men and Lesbians as Participants in Family Networks

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vickie M. Mays ◽  
Linda M. Cha Tiers ◽  
Susan D. Cochran ◽  
Joanna Mackness
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
African American Families ◽  
Family Networks ◽  
American Families

Bayesianism and IBE

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Bayesian Model ◽  
Group Selection ◽  
Test Cases ◽  
Hybrid View ◽  
Elliott Sober ◽  
Scientific Arguments ◽  
Explanatory Virtue

Different views have been proposed about how Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) and Bayesianism might be compatible with one another. One is a hybrid view, according to which explanatory considerations play a role in driving the Bayesian machinery. Another is an ‘emergent compatibilist’ view, in which an independently motivated Bayesian model of IBE is provided, so that explanatory considerations emerge from the Bayesian machinery rather than driving it. Specific scientific arguments can serve as test cases for these general views. The chapter argues that the case of Williams’ argument against group selection, discussed by Elliott Sober, is better understood with the emergent compatibilist picture, than with the hybrid view. This analysis of the case challenges Elliott Sober’s claim that the epistemic significance of appeals to the explanatory virtue of parsimony is highly case-specific. Instead, a more unified picture of IBE and its connection to Bayesianism is suggested.

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