A new mind for policy analysis : toward a post-Newtonian and postpositivist epistemology and methodology / Göktuğ Morçöl.

Author
Morçöl, Göktuğ [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
Description
xiv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-269) and index.
    Contents
    • Ornstein and Ehrlich's Cognitive Evolutionary Thesis
    • Insights of the New Sciences
    • The Old Mind and Its Critics
    • Newtonian/Positivist Science: The Worldview and Methods
    • Ontological Assumptions
    • Epistemological Assumptions
    • Methodological Assumptions
    • The Past and Present of Newtonian/Positivist Assumptions
    • The Past
    • The Present: Newtonian/Positivist Beliefs among Policy Professionals
    • Postpositivist Critique and Assumptions
    • The Past and Present of Postpositivist Assumptions
    • The Present: Postpositivist Policy Analysis
    • Postpositivism-Postmodernism/Poststructuralism
    • The New Mind
    • How Real is Reality? Quantum Mechanics
    • Interpretations of Quantum Phenomena
    • Implications of Quantum Interpretations
    • Chaos in Order and Order in Chaos: The Sciences of Complexity
    • The Emerging Perspective of Complexity
    • Chaos Out of Order: Chaos Theory
    • Order Out of Chaos: Self-Organization Theories
    • Implications of the Sciences of Complexity
    • It is Only a Simulation: Cognitive Science
    • A Brief History
    • Theories of Cognitive Science
    • Epistemological Implications of Cognitive Science
    • Constructivism
    • Toward a Post-Newtonian and Postpositivist Policy Analysis
    • Shortcomings of the Old Mind
    • Suggestions for Evolving a New Mind in Policy Analysis.
    ISBN
    • 0275970124 ((alk. paper))
    • 9780275970123 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2002070892
    OCLC
    49737080
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