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_aAligică, Paul Dragoș. _9251272 |
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_aProphecies of doom and scenarios of progress : _bHerman Kahn, Julian Simon, and the prospective imagination / _cPaul Dragos Aligica. |
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_aNew York : _bContinuum International Pub. Group, _c[2007] |
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_tIntroduction -- _g1. _tThe Great Transition and the Limits to Growth -- _tThe Resourceful Earth versus Global 2000 -- _tThe Historical and Macro-Sociological Background: The Great Transition -- _tThe Pro-Growth Momentum -- _tThe Cultural Contradictions of Economic Growth -- _tPsychology, Mass Media and the Rhetoric of Bad News -- _tThe Epistemic Angle: Organizational and Institutional -- _tThe Epistemic Angle: Conceptual and Substantive -- _tIn Search of Solutions -- _g2. _tDealing with the Challenge of the Future: Approaches and Methods -- _tThe Dichotomies Defining a Realistic and Accurate Approach -- _tThe Economic Way of Thinking -- _tBroad Studies and the Challenge of Expert Knowledge -- _tThe Institutionalization of Interdisciplinarity -- _tThe Heuristic and Propaedeutic Dimensions -- _tScenarios, Alternative Futures and the Method of Classes of Variables -- _tLimits and Challenges -- _tThe Role of Knowledge in Society -- _g3. _tAn Emerging Paradigm: The Foundations -- _tThe Ontological Dimension: Open Systems and Entropy -- _tThe Social Philosophy Dimension: Evolution, Social Exchange and Creativity -- _tThe Epistemological Dimension: Pragmatic and Eclectic Operationalism -- _tThe Axiological Dimension: Values as Constitutive Principles and Policy Yardsticks -- _tThe Value of Truth -- _tConclusions. |
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_aSimon, Julian Lincoln, _d1932-1998. _9311906 |
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