From fi tness to utility

Evolution and Rationality: Decisions, Co-Operation and Strategic Behaviour

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 246-273

  Sterelny, Kim ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84885404074     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511792601.012     Document Type: Chapter

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