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Prophecies of doom and scenarios of progress : Herman Kahn, Julian Simon, and the prospective imagination / Paul Dragos Aligica.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Description: xiv, 112 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0826493424
  • 9780826493422
  • 082642872X
  • 9780826428721
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.49 22
LOC classification:
  • HB849.53 .A45 2007
Contents:
Introduction -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-109) and index.

Introduction -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.

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