著者

中尾 央

出版者

京都大学文学部科学哲学科学史研究室

雑誌

科学哲学科学史研究 (ISSN:18839177)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.2, pp.75-86, 2008-01-31

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The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of Trivers's reciprocal altruism model in the evolutionary study of human behavior. Human behavioral ecologists use the reciprocal altruism model to predict and explain human behaviors. In evolutionary psychology, on the other hand, Cosmides and Tooby use this model not to explain human behaviors but to predict a module for detecting cheaters. I will argue these different applications of the model reflect different construals of the model.