caa a22 4500 60544837X CHVBK 20210128100136.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10539-014-9450-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10539-014-9450-2 The evolution of Wright's (1932) adaptive field to contemporary interpretations and uses of fitness landscapes in the social sciences [Elektronische Daten] [Lasse Gerrits, Peter Marks] The concepts of adaptation and fitness have such an appeal that they have been used in other scientific domains, including the social sciences. One particular aspect of this theory transfer concerns the so-called fitness landscape models. At first sight, fitness landscapes visualize how an agent, of any kind, relates to its environment, how its position is conditional because of the mutual interaction with other agents, and the potential routes towards improved fitness. The allure of fitness landscapes is first and foremost that it represents a complex story about adaptation and fitness in one coherent image. Different accounts of fitness landscapes in different domains in the social sciences suggest that the properties and functions of fitness landscapes are attributed rather freely. These differences are testimony of the model's versatility. At the same time, one will notice that the different approaches can also create ambiguity about the exact meaning and role of fitness landscapes in the social sciences. This article presents an extensive literature survey of the diverging interpretations and uses of fitness landscapes in the social sciences and discusses the implications in terms of how these models inform scientific inquiry. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Fitness landscapes nationallicence Theory transfer nationallicence Scientific inquiry nationallicence Social sciences nationallicence Gerrits Lasse Department of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Room T17-03, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands aut Marks Peter Department of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Room T17-03, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands aut Biology & Philosophy Springer Netherlands 30/4(2015-07-01), 459-479 0169-3867 30:4<459 2015 30 10539 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-014-9450-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-014-9450-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gerrits Lasse Department of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Room T17-03, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Marks Peter Department of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Room T17-03, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biology & Philosophy Springer Netherlands 30/4(2015-07-01), 459-479 0169-3867 30:4<459 2015 30 10539