Towards a Unified Social Science (Frontiers of the Century) -- Perspectives from the Santa Fe Institute

Author: (USA) Jindis, (USA) Bowles, et al. Translated by the Interdisciplinary Social Science Research Center of Zhejiang University
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: While natural sciences have achieved unification through quantum mechanics, particle physics, solid-state physics, and the Big Bang model, social sciences—or human behavior sciences—have long been in a state of fragmentation and conflict. This clearly does not align with the logical requirements of science and has also added many barriers to in-depth interdisciplinary integration. Based on recent advancements in deepening game theory, the controllable experiments of the rational agent model, we seem to be able to attempt to outline a universal individual behavior model and build a preliminary unified framework, establishing fundamental central principles for the entire social sciences.