Herbert Gintis on behaviour, economics, altruism and cooperation | Thing in itself w/ Ashar Khan

Herbert Gintis is an economist and behavioural scientist who has made important contributions to socio-biology, economics, and more. He has strongly stressed the importance of integration between the behavioural sciences (economics, psychology, sociology, political science, and anthropology). We talk about topics across those disciplines in this conversation.
0:00 intro
1:39 disunity in behavioural science
15:36 rational actor model
23:57 social rationality, gene culture co-evolution
40:15 cognitive science and the problem of consciousness
54:30 specialization vs integration
1:03:51 on sociology
1:08:29 behavioural economics
1:18:51 math for humanists
1:25:29 on marx
1:38:15 advice for young people
Herbert’s website: people.umass.edu/gintis/
Herbert Gintis books
Individuality and Entanglement: The Moral and Material Bases of Social Life
Game Theory in Action: An Introduction to Classical and Evolutionary Models
A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution
The Bounds of Reason
Game Theory Evolving
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[@MikeFrame]

Herbert Gintis passed away and I just want to thank you for making this interview happen. RIP

[@Thinginitselfpodcast]

He was a real legend, it's an unbelievable loss. Just speaking to him was a true honour.

[@philipm3173]

Mr. Khan, any word about Professor Gintis' math book being taken up?

[@MikeFrame]

1:37:00 Prof. Gintis seems to contradict himself by saying how he is intolerant of wrong scientific ideas yet he earlier railed against 'cancel culture'. Nevertheless, his critique of Marxism is substantive and fascinating.