Social fuzziology : study of fuzziness of social complexity
Vladimir Dimitrov (Author), Bob Hodge (Author)
Since human evolution over 2 billion years has seen the co-evolution of social complexity with human language and thought, it is likely that the fuzziness of language and thought is especially intimately formed by the demands of social complexity, just as social complexity is sustained by the inherent fuzziness of language and thought.
XX, 188 p. ; 24 cm
9783790815061, 3790815063
799219481
1 Introduction to Social Fuzziology.- 1.1 The Basic Postulate of Fuzziology.- 1.2 The Approach of Fuzziology.- 1.3 The Project of Social Fuzziology.- 1.4 Socrates’ Wisdom at the Origin of Fuzziology.- 1.5 Principles of Fuzziology: A Social Perspective.- 1.6 Impossibility Theorems.- 1.7 Social Nature of Fuzziness.- 1.8 Human-centred Sources of Fuzziness.- 1.9 Transcending Duality and Non-duality.- 1.10 Consciousness Resonance.- 2 Bridging the Study of Complexity with Social Fuzziology.- 2.1 Complementarity and Mutual Enrichment.- 2.2 ‘Three Body Problem’ in Fuzziology.- 2.3 Chaotic Attractors of Meaning.- 2.4 Key Propositions in Social Fuzziology: A Complexity Perspective.- 2.5 Fuzzy Logic and Fuzziology.- 2.6 Fuzziology and Creativity.- 3 Understanding Fuzziness of Ourselves.- 3.1 Paradox of Mind.- 3.2 Journey towards Understanding Ourselves.- 3.3 Human Experiential Space.- 3.4 Maieutic Inquiry into the Essence of Human Dynamics.- 3.5 Empowering the Thinker.- 4 Understanding Fuzziness of Society.- 4.1 Infinite Life of Society versus Finite Lives of Individuals.- 4.2 Collective Mind: A Pile of Fragmented Knowledge.- 4.3 From Understanding Ourselves to Understanding Society.- 4.4 Lack of Wisdom in Society.- 4.5 Towards Establishment of Global Empire.- 4.6 Education and Learning in Society.- 4.7 The Health Illusion.- 4.8 Dealing with Hard Negotiation.- 4.9 Conclusion.- 5 Case Studies: Understanding Fuzzy Social Categories.- 5.1 What is ‘Australian’?.- 5.2 Use and Abuse of Fuzziness in Social Life.- 5.3 Fuzzy Borders in the Globalising World.- 5.4 ‘Mexican Americans’, ‘Chicanos’ and Santana.- 6 Fuzziness of the West and the East.- 6.1 Fuzzy Dionysos.- 6.2 Philosophy of Flux.- 6.3 Other Masters of Fuzziology from the West.- 6.4 Myths of Fuzziness.- 6.5 TheFuzzy Wisdom of Tao.- 6.6 Aboriginal Wisdom.- 6.7 Using Fuzziness of the Ancient Wisdom.- 7 Key Terms in the Language of Fuzziology.- 7.1 Fuzziness Defined.- 7.2 The Logos of Logic.- 7.3 Transformations.- 7.4 Transcendence.- 7.5 Understanding.- 7.6 The Social.- 7.7 Conclusion.- References.