Splitting the replicator: Generalized Darwinism and the place of culture in nature

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 657-669

  Andersson, Claes ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evolutionary epistemology; Evolutionary social science; Generalized Darwinism; Memetics; Replication

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255161647     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2011.06.027     Document Type: Article

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