Two stumbling blocks to a general account of selection: Replication and information

Authors
Baum, WM
Citation
Wm. Baum, Two stumbling blocks to a general account of selection: Replication and information, BEHAV BRAIN, 24(3), 2001, pp. 528
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES
ISSN journal
0140525X → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(200106)24:3<528:TSBTAG>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
When one takes the evolution of operant behavior as prototype, one sees tha t the term replication is too tied to the peculiarities of genetic evolutio n. A more general term is recurrence. The important problem raised by recur rence is not "information" but relationship: deciding when two occurrences belong to the same lineage. That is solved by looking at common environment al effects.