Research Article
True sustainability thinking 108: From Domain-Specific Impossibility Theorems to a General Impossibility Theorem: Linking the Degree of Conjuncturality Framework and the Degree of Externality Production Framework
1 Independent qualitative comparative researcher / consultant
Abstract
There are domain-specific and general impossibility theorems. For example, the arrow impossibility theorem is an independent decision-making based impossibility theorem where it is not possible to aggregate independent preferences, and hence it is a domain specific impossibility theorem. The critical problem-solving impossibility theorem is a pollution production-based impossibility theorem where it is not possible to solve a pollution production problem using pollution production means of production, and therefore, this too is a domain specific impossibility theorem. The general impossibility theorem is one where the structural natures of the components do not allow you to reach the desired outcome. Among the goals of this paper is to link the degree of conjuncturality framework and the degree of externality production framework to link domain-specific impossibility theorems and highlight the general nature and implications of placing domain-specific impossibility theorems within the degree of possibility framework.
Keywords: Impossibility Theorem; Arrow Impossibility Theorem; Critical Problem-Solving; Degree of Possibility; Externality Production.
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