Quantum Mind and Social Science: Unifying Physical and Social Ontology
Alexander Wendt
There is an underlying assumption in the social sciences that consciousness and social life are ultimately classical physical-material phenomena. This book challenges this assumption by proposing that consciousness is, in fact, a macroscopic quantum-mechanical phenomenon. Part I of the book justifies the insertion of quantum theory into social-scientific debates and introduces social scientists to quantum theory and the philosophical controversy about its interpretation. The book defends the quantum-consciousness hypothesis against the orthodox, classical approach to the mind-body problem. Part II of the book then develops the implications of this metaphysical perspective for the nature of language and the agent-structure debate in social ontology.
年:
2015
出版:
1
出版社:
Cambridge University Press
语言:
english
页:
366
ISBN 10:
1107442923
ISBN 13:
9781107442924
文件:
PDF, 22.17 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2015