Oliver Will and Rainer Hegselmann
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199812677
- eISBN:
- 9780199369553
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199812677.003.0005
- Subject:
- Psychology, Cognitive Models and Architectures, Cognitive Psychology
This chapter tries to answer this question: To what extent can we account for norm emergence with simple agent architectures? In particular, the chapter shows the emergence of social justice from ...
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This chapter tries to answer this question: To what extent can we account for norm emergence with simple agent architectures? In particular, the chapter shows the emergence of social justice from heterogeneous agents that are not endowed with norm representations. To do so, the chapter refers to a model developed by David Hume, which is implemented in a simulated scenario. David Hume delivered an informal theory about fundamental mechanisms and processes in the development of societies: from a poor life in small groups to a comparatively wealthy one based on division of labor in large groups without personal ties. The chapter introduces an agent-based model to reconstruct and formalize important elements of Hume’s theory. This model is called HUME1.0. The model focuses on the interplay of risky exchange, trust, trustworthiness, and the gains from division of labor.Less
This chapter tries to answer this question: To what extent can we account for norm emergence with simple agent architectures? In particular, the chapter shows the emergence of social justice from heterogeneous agents that are not endowed with norm representations. To do so, the chapter refers to a model developed by David Hume, which is implemented in a simulated scenario. David Hume delivered an informal theory about fundamental mechanisms and processes in the development of societies: from a poor life in small groups to a comparatively wealthy one based on division of labor in large groups without personal ties. The chapter introduces an agent-based model to reconstruct and formalize important elements of Hume’s theory. This model is called HUME1.0. The model focuses on the interplay of risky exchange, trust, trustworthiness, and the gains from division of labor.
