Social science goes quantum: explaining human decision-making, cognitive biases and Darwinian selection from a quantum perspective

Thomas Holtfort () and Andreas Horsch ()
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Thomas Holtfort: FOM University of Applied Science
Andreas Horsch: TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Journal of Bioeconomics, 2023, vol. 25, issue 2, No 2, 99-116

Abstract: Abstract The social and economic sciences are grounded on the basic assumption that social life, decision-making behavior, and consciousness are classical physical and therefore material phenomena. Quantum social science, a new research area, which refers to the knowledge and interpretations of quantum physics, is challenging this assumption. This paper gives an overview of quantum social science and explains quantum decision theory on the one hand with a focus on the cognitive biases first elaborated by Kahneman & Tversky, and on the other hand by Darwin´s theory of evolution.

Keywords: Social science; Quantum physics; Decision-making; Cognitive biases; Behavioral economics; Evolution theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 B59 D91 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/s10818-023-09334-w

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