Prophecies of doom and scenarios of progress : Herman Kahn, Julian Simon, and the prospective imagination / Paul Dragos Aligica
- Bib ID:
- 4347657
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- Book
- Author:
- Aligică, Paul Dragoș
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- New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2007
- xiv, 112 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780826493422
- 0826493424
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- Machine derived contents note: Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- The Great Transition and the Limits to Growth
- The Resourceful Earth versus Global 2000
- The Historical and Macro-Sociological Background: The
- Great Transition
- The Pro-Growth Momentum
- The Cultural Contradictions of Economic Growth
- Psychology, Mass Media and the Rhetoric of Bad News
- The Epistemic Angle: Organizational and Institutional
- The Epistemic Angle: Conceptual and Substantive
- In Search of Solutions
- Chapter 2
- Dealing with the Challenge of the Future: Approaches and
- Methods
- The Dichotomies Defining a Realistic and Accurate
- Approach
- The Economic Way of Thinking
- Broad Studies and the Challenge of Expert Knowledge
- The Institutionalization of Interdisciplinarity
- The Heuristic and Propaedeutic Dimensions
- Scenarios, Alternative Futures and the Method of
- Classes of Variables
- Limits and Challenges
- The Role of Knowledge in Society
- Chapter 3
- An Emerging Paradigm: The Foundations
- The Ontological Dimension: Open Systems and Entropy
- The Social Philosophy Dimension: Evolution, Social
- Exchange and Creativity
- The Epistemological Dimension: Pragmatic and Eclectic
- Operationalism
- The Axiological Dimension: Values as Constitutive
- Principles and Policy Yardsticks
- The Value of Truth
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-109) and index.
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