Revolutionary Changes in Understanding Man and Society: Scopes and Limits

Front Matter....Pages i-5
Introduction....Pages 7-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
The Economic Science of Today and Facts: A Critical Analysis of Some Characteristic Features....Pages 25-37
Technical Change Without Humans: Innovation in the Neoclassical Economic Theory....Pages 39-51
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
The Theory of Scientific Discovery....Pages 55-73
Understanding Creativity....Pages 75-82
The Role of Simulation Models in the Cognitive Sciences....Pages 83-91
The Mind and Computation....Pages 93-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Self-Organization: New Foundations Towards a “General Theory of Reality”....Pages 109-128
Towards a Science of Man....Pages 129-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
The New Theory of Evolution — A Theory of Democratic Societies....Pages 149-189
Risk in Utility Theory, in Business and in the World of Fear and Hope....Pages 191-210
Rational Choice Theory: A Critical Look at Its Foundations....Pages 211-227
Complexity, the Concept of Uncertainty and Bounded Rationality of Man....Pages 229-242
Security. On the Reasons for the Sinking Acceptance of Risk....Pages 243-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Nature as a Work of Art....Pages 255-267
Ethics in Science — Substance or Rhetoric?....Pages 269-277
Back Matter....Pages 279-300