#109 Simon DeDeo: From Atoms to Societies, Emergentism and Reductionism
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Dr. Simon DeDeo is an Assistant Professor in Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He also runs the Laboratory for Social Minds, were he and his team undertake empirical investigations, and build mathematical theories, of both historical and contemporary phenomena.
In this episode, we talk about the ways we can apply knowledge and mathematical models from Physics to the study of human social behavior and cultural evolution. We also deal with the philosophical issue of emergentism vs reductionism.
Time Links:
Why Dr. DeDeo decided to go from Physics to studying human social behavior
What a Physics-style perspective bring to the social sciences
Are there common laws at all levels of existence?
How people process social information
Collectives and individuals
Is collective organization spontaneous?
Trying to get at our mental algorithms
Collecting information to study historical events
About game theory
Studying cultural evolution
Emergentism vs Reductionism
Follow Dr. DeDeo’s work!
Follow Dr. DeDeo’ work:
Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/ybwzw2ee
Articles on Researchgate: https://tinyurl.com/ycpwv7c4
Twitter handle: @SimonDeDeo