Problem

Philosophical inertia

Nature:
An unwillingness to jettison old concepts and modes of thought in the face of utterly changed circumstances.
Incidence:
The dissolution of the USSR and the termination of the Cold War created circumstances to which institutions on both sides of the former Iron Curtain were unable to respond because of the philosophical inertia of their policy makers.
Broader Problems:
Resistance to change
Related Problems:
Psychological inertia
Strategies:
Using inertia
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST