Modeling Homo Socialis: A Reply to Critics

Herbert Gintis

Review of Behavioral Economics, 2015, vol. 2, issue 1-2, 211-237

Abstract: The comments on Dirk Helbing and my paper “Homo Socialis: An Analytical Core for Sociological Theory†have provided many insightful suggestions. Several, such as Siegwart Lindenberg’s (2015) proposal to include flexible activation to the core and David Wolpert’s (2015) persona model, I take to be interesting complements to our suggestions. Others, such as Michael Macy’s (2015), include admirable interpretations of our argument. I will here address a subset of issues where commentators have questioned some aspects of our proposal. I thank the commentators for helping me think more carefully about some key issues.

Keywords: Sociology; Disciplinary imperialism; General equilibrium theory; Sociobiology; --> (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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