Alexander Wendt
Quantum Mind and Social Science
- ISBN 13:
- 9781107442924
- author:
- Alexander Wendt
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 366
- Dimensions:
- 15.2 x 1.8 x 22.8 cm
- Genre:
- Science & Nature, Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Quantum Mind and Social Science: Unifying Physical and Social Ontology challenges the conventional understanding of consciousness and social life as classical physical phenomena. Alexander Wendt proposes that consciousness is, in fact, a macroscopic quantum mechanical phenomenon.
In this groundbreaking book, Wendt justifies the integration of quantum theory into social scientific debates, introduces social scientists to quantum theory and its philosophical controversy, and defends the quantum consciousness hypothesis against the orthodox approach to the mind-body problem. He then explores the implications of this metaphysical perspective for language and the agent-structure problem in social ontology.
Wendt's argument raises fundamental questions about the nature of social life and the work of those who study it, offering a revolutionary development that seeks to unify physical and social ontology.
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