The Social World, Reexamined - A Conversation with Brian Epstein
By Howard Burton
Length1h 58m
About this audiobook
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Brian Epstein, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Brian Epstein’s career as a management consultant piqued his interest and his later research into the reasons why our current models of economics, politics and other areas of social science so often go terribly wrong. The conversation explores how we can dramatically improve our current economic and political models by reexamining our assumptions about the nature of the social world.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Real World, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Wondering About the World - A philosophical journey
II. Empirical Influences - From management consultancy to metaphysics
III. Unquestioned Assumptions - The cult of the individual
IV. Beyond Emergence - A Supreme Value
V. Ontological Examinations - Grounding and anchoring
VI. Better Models - Beyond agent-based thinking
VII. Modelling Concerns - Fear of mushiness
VIII. Getting Specific - Modelling corruption
IX. No, We Can’t - The impact of a small political gene pool
X. Responses and Reactions - The good, the bad, and the ugly
XI. The Value of Breadth - Appreciating the humanities
XII. Learning Our Lessons? - Or perhaps not
XIII. Applied Philosophy - The “social turn”
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GenrePhilosophy, Politics and Government
Length1 hr 58 mins
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LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
10VI. Better Models
2A Note on the Text
11VII. Modelling Concerns
3Introduction
12VIII. Getting Specific
4The Conversation
13IX. No, We Can’t
5I. Wondering About the World
14X. Responses and Reactions
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6II. Empirical Influences
15XI. The Value of Breadth
7III. Unquestioned Assumptions
16XII. Learning Our Lessons?
8IV. Beyond Emergence
17XIII. Applied Philosophy
9V. Ontological Examinations
18Continuing the Conversation
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