Schrödinger's Cat and the Dog That Didn't Bark: Why Quantum Mechanics is (Probably) Irrelevant to the Social Sciences
Alexander Wendt's Quantum Mind and Social Science reopens the question of the relevance of quantum mechanics to the social sciences. In response, I argue that due to "quantum decoherence," the macroscopic world filters out quantum effects. Moreover, quantum decoherence makes it unlike...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Critical review (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2017-04, Vol.29 (2), p.199-233 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Alexander Wendt's Quantum Mind and Social Science reopens the question of the relevance of quantum mechanics to the social sciences. In response, I argue that due to "quantum decoherence," the macroscopic world filters out quantum effects. Moreover, quantum decoherence makes it unlikely that the theory of quantum brains, on which Wendt relies, is true. Finally, while quantum decision theory is a potentially revolutionary field, it has not clearly accounted for alleged anomalies in classical understandings of decision making. However, the logic of quantum decoherence can motivate a new approach to the structure-agent problem. |
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ISSN: | 0891-3811 1933-8007 |
DOI: | 10.1080/08913811.2017.1323431 |