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The mind–body problem and social science: Motivating a quantum social theory
Author(s) -
Wendt Alexander
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal for the theory of social behaviour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.615
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1468-5914
pISSN - 0021-8308
DOI - 10.1111/jtsb.12171
Subject(s) - epistemology , sociology , social epistemology , process (computing) , ontology , social philosophy , cognitive science , social relation , psychology , social science , computer science , philosophy , operating system
This comment addresses some of the critiques of “Quantum Mind and Social Science” by the other contributors, with special reference to the challenge that the mind‐body problem poses to conventional, classical thinking about social science. A quantum social ontology transcends those challenges, and in the process could transform social scientific thinking across the board. As an example the essay concludes with a consideration of the physics of social structure.