| Description |
xxiv, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The World futures general evolution studies, 1043-9331 ; v. 5 |
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World futures general evolution studies ; v. 5. 1043-9331
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| Contents |
pt. 1. The Functions of Cognitive Maps. Ch. 1. The Biological Bases of Cognitive Maps / Vilmos Csanyi. Ch. 2. From Epistemology to Cosmology: Post-Modern Science and the Search for New Cultural Cognitive Maps / Robert Artigiani. Ch. 3. The Evolution of the Holistic Cognitive Map / Ervin Laszlo. Ch. 4. Toward a New Historical Consciousness / Ignazio Masulli -- pt. 2. Cognitive Maps, Evolution and Knowledge. Ch. 5. The Cognitive Map and the Dynamics of Information / Rudolf D. Treumann. Ch. 6. When Is a Map Cognitive? / Francisco Varela. Ch. 7. Evolution Theory and Cognitive Maps / Peter T. Saunders. Ch. 8. Evolution: Cognition, Ignorance and Selection / Peter M. Allen and Michael J. Lesser. Ch. 9. On Understanding How the Mind Is Organized: Cognitive Maps and the "Physics" of Mental Information Processing / Gyorgy Kampis. Ch. 10. Moral Sensitivity and the Evolution of Higher Mind / David Loye -- pt. 3. Cognitive Maps, Historical Transformation and the Future |
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Ch. 11. Cognitive Maps and Social Change / Ignazio Masulli. Ch. 12. Technology, Gender and History: Toward a Nonlinear Model of Social Evolution / Riane Eisler. Ch. 13. The Cognitive Mapping of Societal Systems: Implications for Education / Bela H. Banathy. Ch. 14. Transformations in the Chinese Cognitive Map / Min Jiayin. Ch. 15. The Cognitive Mapping Approach to the Globalization of World Politics / Miriam L. Campanella. Ch. 16. Erodynamics and Cognitive Maps / Ralph Abraham -- Commentaries / Vigdis Finnbogadottir, Kurt Furgler, Umberto Eco and Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein |
| Analysis |
Cognitive maps (Psychology) |
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Paradigms (Social sciences) |
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Social change |
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Twenty-first century Forecasts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cognitive maps (Psychology)
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Geographical perception.
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Paradigms (Social sciences)
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Social change.
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Twenty-first century -- Forecasts.
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| Author |
Laszlo, Ervin, 1932-
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| LC no. |
92023607 |
| ISBN |
2881245595 |
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9782881245596 |
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