The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror by George Soros -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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ALSO BY GEORGE SOROS Title Page Acknowledgements Prologue Introduction PART I - Conceptual Framework

CHAPTER 1 - Thinking and Reality

THINKING AS PART OF REALITY THE CONCEPT OF REFLEXIVITY FAR-FROM-EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS RECONSIDERING THE CONCEPT OF RATIONAL BEHAVIOR FALLIBILITY KARL POPPER’S INFLUENCE REFLEXIVITY IN FINANCIAL MARKETS A CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLE REFLEXIVITY AS THE NORM INSIGHTS FROM COGNITIVE SCIENCE FERTILE FALLACIES EXPERIENCES OF FAR-FROM-EQUILIBRIUM SITUATIONS THE HUMAN UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE REVISING POPPER’S SCHEME OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD THE POSTULATE OF RADICAL FALLIBILITY THE PURSUIT OF TRUTH THE PROBLEM OF DEATH

CHAPTER 2 - The Meaning of Open Society

THE FOLLOW UP THE OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATION OPERATING IN FAR-FROM-EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS APPLYING THE FRAMEWORK PROMOTING OPEN SOCIETY REVISING THE FRAMEWORK THE NEXT CHALLENGE

PART II - The Present Moment in History

CHAPTER 3 - What’s Wrong With America?

PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT APPLYING THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AN INVIDIOUS COMPARISON THE FAILURES OF LEADERSHIP THE FAILURES OF FOLLOWERSHIP TRUTH VERSUS SUCCESS OPEN SOCIETY NOT UNDERSTOOD

CHAPTER 4 - A Feel-Good Society

THE WAR ON TERROR TURMOIL IN THE MIDDLE EAST AN UNSTABLE WORLD ORDER THE CONCEPT OF POWER MATERIAL CONDITIONS

CHAPTER 5 - What’s Wrong with the World Order?

FOSTERING DEMOCRACY NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION GLOBAL WARMING ECONOMIC PROSPECTS CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 6 - Exploring the Alternatives

THE EUROPEAN UNION THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY THE RESOURCE CURSE

CHAPTER 7 - The Global Energy Crisis

Appendix: - The Original Framework Index Copyright Page