Brian SkyrmsUCI Distinguished Professor of Social Science, Logic & Philosophy of Science |
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Research Interests |
induction, decision theory, game theory, evolution | |
| URL | hypatia.ss.uci.edu/lps/home/fac/skyrms/index.html | |
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Academic Distinctions | National Academy of Science; American Academy of Arts and Sciences;Lakatos Prize; Guggenheim Fellow; Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences | |
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Research Abstract |
I'm working on evolution of conventions, social structure and the social contract.--- I'm also interested in inductive logic, decision theory, rational deliberation, the metaphysics of logical atomism, causality, and Truth. | |
| Publications |
Books: EVOLUTION OF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT Cambridge University Press 1996. |
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THE DYNAMICS OF RATIONAL DELIBERATION Harvard U. Press 1990. |
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PRAGMATICS AND EMPIRICISM Yale U. Press 1984. |
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CAUSAL NECESSITY Yale U. Press 1980. |
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CHOICE AND CHANCE 4rd ed. Wadsworth 2000. |
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Professional Societies |
American Philosophical Association Philosophy of Science Association |
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| Research Center | ORU in Mathematical Social Science | |
| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=2986 | |
| Last updated | 12/14/1999 | |