"CONFERENCE ON THE EVOLUTION OF PUNISHMENT"
Sponsored by the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences (IMBS)
and the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science
February 9-11, 2007

Social Science Plaza A, room 2112

 

Friday, February 9

1:00


Comments by Donald Saari, IMBS Director


 
1:10-2:00


Jean Ensminger
Professor of Anthropology, Caltech

"The Co-Evolution of Pro-Market Norms and Market Exchange

2:00-2:15

Discussion


2:15-3:05


Simon Levin
Dir. of Center for Biocomplexity, Princeton

"Diffuse Coevolution and Multiple Scales"

3:05-3:20

Discussion (Saari)

 
3:20-3:45

Break in SSPA 2142

 
3:45-4:35


Robert Boyd
Professor of Anthropology, UCLA

"Three Ways to Stabilize Punishment"


4:35-4:50 Discussion (Ensminger)  

 

Saturday, February 10

9:00-9:50



Dominic Johnson
Society of Fellows and Woodrow Wilson
School of Public & Int'l Affairs, Princeton

"The Vigilante Hypothesis: Selfish Punishment, Reputation,
Individual Differences, Leadership and Coalitions"
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9:50-10:05


Discussion


 
10:05-10:55


Karl Sigmund
Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna

"Between Freedom and Enforcement -- the Emergence of Altruistic Punishment"

10:55-11:10


Discussion


11:10-11:30

BREAK in SSPA 2142

 
11:30-12:20



Erte Xiao
Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Psychology,
University of Pennsylvania

"Do the right thing: But only if others do so."


12:20-12:35

Discussion

 
12:35-2:00

LUNCH

 
2:00-2:50


Eric Maskin
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

"Evolution and Punishment in Repeated Games"

2:50-3:05

Discussion

 
3:05-3:30

BREAK in SSPA 2142

 
3:30-4:20


Natasha Komarova
Department of Mathematics, UC Irvine

"Modeling the Evolution of Human Language"

4:20-4:35 Discussion  

Sunday, February 11

9:00-11:00      GENERAL DISCUSSION

 

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