Volkov, Mikhail (2025) A Morality Evolutionary Game Theory Can Model.
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Evolutionary game-theoretic (EGT) models of morality face powerful under-addressed objections. Critics claim the simulations fail to specify their explanandum, making their explanatory value murky. Additionally, morality is suggested to be a concept not computationally representable, jeopardising the method’s general applicability. This paper explicates and addresses the objections. I argue that at least one concrete conception of morality, epistemic emotionism, can be a plausible subject of EGT explanations. I analyse how fixing this explanandum assuages the methodological objections and provide a computational model as proof of concept. If successful, the contribution placates serious long-standing criticisms of EGT as a meta-ethical tool.
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| Keywords: | game theory, evolutionary game theory, naturalized ethics, metaethics, agent-based modelling, computational modelling | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory General Issues > Computer Simulation General Issues > Game Theory General Issues > Models and Idealization |
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| Depositing User: | Mr Mikhail Volkov | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2026 13:34 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2026 13:34 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 28326 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory General Issues > Computer Simulation General Issues > Game Theory General Issues > Models and Idealization |
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| Date: | 2025 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/28326 |
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