| ID | 161633 |
| Title Proper | Challenges to a quantum-theoretic social theory |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Arfi, Badredine |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | A key claim that Alexander Wendt makes in his book Quantum Mind and Social Science: Unifying Physical and Social Ontology is that he is not using the ‘quantum’ as a metaphor. Nor is he drawing analogies either. He argues that he is constructing a quantum theory of the human subject and social structures through a quantum-theoretic explanation of consciousness undergirded by a panpsychist hypothesis of primitive proto-consciousness. In this article I show how Wendt’s insistence that he is developing a literally-speaking quantum-theoretic approach presents him with a number of must-not-ignore challenges that originate in quantum theory. I specifically discuss three challenges: |
| `In' analytical Note | Millennium: Journal of International Studies Vol. 47, No.1; Sep 2018: p.99-113 |
| Journal Source | Millennium: Journal of International Studies 2018-10 47, 1 |
| Key Words | Social Theory ; Time ; Quantum Theory ; Will ; Category Theory |