Brian Skyrms
Philosopher, Author
1938 –
Who is Brian Skyrms?
Brian Skyrms is a Distinguished Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science and Economics at the University of California, Irvine and a Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University. He has worked on problems in the philosophy of science, causation, decision theory, game theory, and the foundations of probability. Most recently, his work has focused on the evolution of social norms using evolutionary game theory. His two recent books Evolution of the Social Contract and The Stag Hunt are both on this topic. These books use arguments and examples from evolutionary game theory to cover topics of interest to political philosophy, philosophy of social science, philosophy of language, and the philosophy of biology.
Skyrms is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and one of just three living philosophers to be elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences.
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- Born
- Mar 11, 1938
Pittsburgh - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Philosophy
( - 1964)
- PhD, University of Pittsburgh
- Employment
- University of California, Irvine
- Lived in
- California
(1980 - )
- California
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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