Presents a systematic approach contributing to a better understanding of global problems and their solutions. The approach is based on a new theory of sociophysics which attempts to unify the social and natural sciences by forming systematic metaphors between them. Accordingly, it is the thesis of this work that empirical phenomena can best be explained by linking natural factors and social actions to human ideals. In order to support the thesis, focuses on the linkages between the real and ideal realms which connect empirical facts to human acts. Proceeds by comparing the domains of natural laws and cultural principles to human intentions; thus relating statistics, dynamics and dialectics to order, chaos and will. Concludes is that social change can best be directed by human intervention which links natural necessities and cultural desirabilities.
Article navigation
1 March 1993
Review Article|
March 01 1993
Ideal‐Real Links: A Study of the Act‐Fact Interface
Paris Arnopoulos
Paris Arnopoulos
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Search for other works by this author on:
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7883
Print ISSN: 0368-492X
© MCB UP Limited
1993
Kybernetes (1993) 22 (3): 20–34.
Citation
Arnopoulos P (1993), "Ideal‐Real Links: A Study of the Act‐Fact Interface". Kybernetes, Vol. 22 No. 3 pp. 20–34, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005968
Download citation file:
87
Views
New and popular articles
Suggested Reading
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy [online version]
Online Information Review (April,2001)
A Companion to the Philosophy of Action
Reference Reviews (May,2011)
History of Jewish Philosophy
Reference Reviews (May,1997)
Reading Philosophy: Selected Texts with a Method for Beginners
Reference Reviews (March,2003)
Encyclopedia of Empiricism
Reference Reviews (April,1998)
Related Chapters
Resolving the Sunk Cost Conflict
Advances in Management Accounting
Becoming Rhizome: Deleuze and Guattari's Rhizome as Theory and Method
Theory and Method in Higher Education Research
The Hidden Potentials of Philosophy in the Curriculum of Nigerian University Education: A Reflection
Rethinking Philosophy for Education, Society and Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Recommended for you
These recommendations are informed by your reading behaviors and indicated interests.
