A New Mind for Policy Analysis: Toward a Post-Newtonian and Postpositivist Epistemology and Methodology

Introduction The Old Mind and Its Critics Newtonian/Positivist Science: The Worldview and Methods The Past and Present of Newtonian/Positivist Assumptions Postpositivist Critique and Assumptions The Past and Present of Postpositivist Assumptions The New Mind How Real Is Reality?: Quantum Mechanics Chaos in Order and Order in Chaos: The Sciences of Complexity It Is Only a Simulation: Cognitive Science Toward a Post-Newtonian and Postpositivist Policy Analysis References Bibliography Index