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Minding Norms. Mechanisms and Dynamics of Social Order in Agent Societies

Minding Norms. Mechanisms and Dynamics of Social Order in Agent Societies

FromCenter for Advanced Studies (CAS) Research Focus Reduction and Emergence (LMU)


Minding Norms. Mechanisms and Dynamics of Social Order in Agent Societies

FromCenter for Advanced Studies (CAS) Research Focus Reduction and Emergence (LMU)

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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Dec 12, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Despite ubiquity and universality, norms are still awaiting for a general comprehensive theory. In the presentation, a conceptual, theoretical, and computational framework will be proposed to provide a general account of norms, enabling us to investigate: (a) differences and commonalities among social, moral, and legal norms; (b) norm emergence and change; (c) the individual properties involved or responsible for bringing about norms. The main thesis is that observable conformity is only the tip of the normative iceberg, and that norms cannot emerge in society if they do not previously immerge in the mind, i.e. if they are not first converted into mental representations of some sort. | Center for Advanced Studies & Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy: 12.12.2014 | Speaker: Rosaria Conte
Released:
Dec 12, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (25)

Through the reduction of one theory or discipline to another, the results of the reduced theory or discipline can be obtained from the reducing one. In contrast, a theory that describes emergent phenomena is ostensibly autonomous: no other theory can be understood as providing a reducing basis. Questions of emergence and reduction determine how much one discipline can borrow from another, and, to a certain extent, what structures scientific theories in various disciplines can have. Successful reductions increase the epistemological importance of the reducing theories, and arguably their claim to research funding as well. If it is shown that a phenomenon is emergent, on the other hand, the discipline concerned with the emergent phenomenon is unlikely to be replaced by research in other fields, and thus requires its own funding. Furthermore, stronger relationships between the disciplines make it difficult to cast doubt on a small number of selected theories without affecting the rest of the sciences. This is important, for example, in the politically motivated, selective doubt of the theory of evolution, climate research, or genetic technology.