The Superiority of 'Chemical Thinking' for Understanding Free Human Society According to Hegel

The Superiority of 'Chemical Thinking' for Understanding Free Human Society According to Hegel

This paper examines the claim of G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831) that chemical thinking-the method of thinking employed in chemistry-marks a significant advance upon (and hence is superior to) meCHANistic thinking-the method of thinking characteristic of physics. This is done in the context of Mancur Olson...

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Main Authors: NOWACKI, Mark, EECKE, Wilfried Ver
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
Subjects:
Hegel
chemical thinking
mechanism
public goods
Mancur Olson
latent group
leadership
free human society
mechanistic thinking
Philosophy
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/522
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:This paper examines the claim of G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831) that chemical thinking-the method of thinking employed in chemistry-marks a significant advance upon (and hence is superior to) meCHANistic thinking-the method of thinking characteristic of physics. This is done in the context of Mancur Olson's theory of collective action and public goods. The analogy between the efficiency of a catalyst in bringing about chemical transformation and the function of leaders in free human society in developing latent groups to provide public goods is explored.

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