Chaos and SocietyA. Albert IOS Press, 1995 - 386 pages This publication reflects on the discussion on using chaos theory for the study of society. It explores the interface between chaos theory and the social sciences. A broad variety of fields (including Sociology, Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Management, Philosophy and Cognitive Sciences) is represented in the book. The leading themes are: Conceptual and Methodological Issues, Social Connectionism and the Connectionist Mind, Social Institutions and Public Policy, and Social Simulations. The book includes the following topics: the relevance of the complexity-chaos paradigm for analyzing social systems, the usefulness of nonlinear dynamics for studying the formation and sustainability of social groups, the comparison between spontaneous social orders and spontaneous biological/natural orders, the building of Artificial Societies, and the contribution of the chaos paradigm to a better understanding and formulation of public policies. |
Contents
An Introduction by Alain Albert | 1 |
How Useful is the Complexity Paradigm Without Quantifiable | 83 |
Perspectives on Time and Society | 101 |
Part Two Social Connectionism and the Connectionist Mind | 117 |
Part Three Social Institutions and Public Policy | 191 |
Chaos et anarchie by Pierre Lemieux | 211 |
The Role of Chaos and SelfOrganization in the Development | 239 |
Chaos and Rethinking the Public Policy Process by Philip | 253 |
Chaos Theory | 267 |
Complex Strategies in the Iterated Prisoners Dilemma by Jean | 283 |
A Method for Describing Interpreting | 329 |
Etude de la Dynamique des Populations par Simulation | 339 |
Part Two Social Connectionism and the Connectionist Mind contd | 355 |
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