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How Money Acts Like an Evolving Organism: Exploring Implications of the Biological Analogy of Money as Species
Author(s): T. R. Fenton (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Dec. 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 200 pages
- ISBN-10: 0773414096
- ISBN-13: 9780773414099
Book Description
This book considers the dramatic and evolutionary concept of money in the context of social reality, examining how ‘species of money’ can be perceived as patterns of objects of which we have no sensory awareness. Money as Species is a critical theory of money based on social construction and provides a multi-disciplinary synthesis strongly guided by the institutional philosophy of John R. Searle. An information-based ontology of social reality is used to reframe existential questions about money and species, and develop new concepts that enable money as species to be explored. The major contributions of this work are in the fields of biology and sociology. The concept of conjugate species addresses the species problem through adaptation of the ecological species concept to social reality and agency of artifacts. The constructivist model directly applies the conjugate species concept in computer simulation. The study has little o do with contemporary economics; rather it is about acquiring the cognitive tools to understand the evolutionary cost of our servitude to money.
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About the Author
Dr. Fenton received his Ph.D. from the University of Strathclyde in bioengineering. After a long career of teaching and research, Dr. Fenton formed Asymptote Inc., a consulting practice specializing in scenario-based strategic planning and organizational change. In 2001, he formed Scensor Inc. to extend the value of scenario-based risk management with concepts of social reality.
