The consilient brain : the bioneurological basis of economics, society, and politics / Gerald A. Cory, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cory, Gerald A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neuropsychology.

Social ecology.

Social psychology.

Physical Description:

xiii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2004]

Summary:

This book considers neuroscience as the bridge between the natural and social sciences, and examines the applicability for sociology, economics, and political science of new concepts in cognitive science, evolutionary psychology, and neuroscience. This work applies current research in evolutionary neuroscience to the foundation of economics and politics.

Contents:

Part I. The Dynamic of Our Consilient Social Brain

2. The Maslow Hierarchy of Needs vs. MacLean's Triune Brain 7

3. The Conflict Systems Neurobehavioral Model 15

4. The Global-State Algorithms of Reciprocal Behavior 23

5. The Dynamic Equation of Our Neural Architecture 29

6. The Homeostatic Regulation of Our Social Neural Architecture 33

7. The Question of Science: Physics vs. Social 37

Part II. Neural Architecture, Reciprocity and the Market

8. Reciprocity and the Evolution of the Market 43

9. The Misrepresentation of Adam Smith 49

10. The Neural Foundations of the Invisible Hand 57

11. The Neural Basis of General Equilibrium Theory 63

12. Friedrich Hayek and Wishful Thinking 67

13. Neural Architecture and Price Theory 73

14. Self-Interest and the Self-Reference Fallacy 79

15. Neural Architecture and the Market Calculus 83

16. The Neural Dynamic in Equilibrium Modeling 87

Part III. Neural Architecture in Political Economy and Institutional Economics

17. Political Economy: The Neural Dynamic and Scarcity 95

18. Institutions, Organizations, and Reciprocity 103

19. The New Institutional Economics: Williamson and Transaction Cost Economics 109

20. The New Institutional Economics: The Perspective of Douglass North 117

Part IV. Neural Architecture in Social Structure and Global Politics

21. Evolution, Science, and Society 127

22. Inclusive Social Fitness and Evolutionary Neuroscience 135

23. The Neural Dynamic, Exchange, and Social Structure 139

24. The Neural Dynamic and Our Political Choices 149

25. Global Politics, Reciprocity, and the CSN Model 159

Part V. The Neural Foundations of Justice, Morals, and Ethics

26. The Concept of Justice 167

27. Our Moral Consciousness 173

28. The CSN Model vs. the Maslow Hierarchy 181

Appendix I. The Mismeasure of MacLean 195

Appendix II. A New Paradigm for Thinking about Global Economics and Politics 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-225) and index.

ISBN:

0306478803

OCLC:

52729041