Power Problems

Quantum Mind and Social Science


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 What do quantum mechanics have to do with international relations? Ohio State University professor Alexander Wendt lays out a theory of the physical world based on quantum effects and explains how it might inform our approach to social science, including international politics. 

Show Notes

  • Alexander Wendt bio
  • Alexander Wendt, Quantum Mind and Social Science: Unifying Physical and Social Ontology, (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2015).
  • Alexander Wendt, Social Theory of International Politics, (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999)
  • Alexander Wendt, “The Mind-Body Problem and Social Science: Motivating a Quantum Social Theory,” Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior 48, (2018): pp. 188-204.

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