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A Field Study of Con Games

Author(s): Milam, Erika L.

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dc.contributor.authorMilam, Erika L.-
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-25T15:01:09Z-
dc.date.available2022-01-25T15:01:09Z-
dc.date.issued2014-09en_US
dc.identifier.citationMilam, Erika L. "A Field Study of Con Games." Isis 105, no. 3 (2014): 596-605. doi:10.1086/678175.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0021-1753-
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1610vr63-
dc.description.abstractIn 1978, the evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers and Huey P. Newton, cofounder of the Black Panthers, began a collaboration exploring the evolution of self-deception. Together they published a brief paper that used their ideas about the naturalistic basis of deceit and self-deception to explain the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 in Washington, D.C. Given the continued power of the naturalistic fallacy in the modern life sciences, historical attention typically focuses on highly visible controversies with great popular traction. This essay instead mobilizes the muted legacy of Trivers and Newton’s publication to underscore the inherent difficulties scientists face in finding a receptive audience for their theories, even naturalistic ones.en_US
dc.format.extent596 - 605en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.rightsFinal published version. Article is made available in OAR by the publisher's permission or policy.en_US
dc.titleA Field Study of Con Gamesen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1086/678175-
dc.identifier.eissn1545-6994-
pu.type.symplectichttp://www.symplectic.co.uk/publications/atom-terms/1.0/journal-articleen_US

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