Monthly Archive Browsing Month: July 2008

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cognition, cognitive closure, cognitive science, connectionism, consciousness, economist, Faruk Gul, hayek, neuroeconomics, philosophy of mind, rationality, social epistemology, sociocognition, The Road to Serfdom, the sensory order, Wolfgang Pesendorfer

Neuroeconomics

While I too am sceptical about the techno-ebullience associated with MRI scans what is interesting about the self-defeating claim in a cheekily entitled Economist article “Do economists need brains?” is this quote: neuroscience could not transform economics because what goes on inside the brain is irrelevant to the discipline. What matters are the decisions people take—in…

atheism, chomsky, chris frith, civil conversation, cognition, enlightenment, epistemology, grayling, mary midgley, philosophy of social science, political philosophy, psychology, rationality, reason, relativism, roger penrose, romanticism, social cognition, social epistemology, sociology

Reason with a capital “R”

Anthony Grayling has convened a “symposium” on Reason in the latest issue of the New Scientist. Grayling’s position is very predictable but credit to him and the editors for bringing together a diverse group who for the most part seem to disagree with his conception. Neuroscientist Chris Frith, mathematician Roger Penrose and philosopher Mary Midgley are…

cognitive closure, cognitive modeling, cognitive science, consciousness, distributed knowledge, hayek, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, psychology, Roger Koppl, self-referentiality, social cognition, social constructivism, social epistemology, sociocognition, steve horwitz, the "hard" problem, the sensory order

The Contemporary Relevance of The Sensory Order

I’m pleased to discover that there’s a discussion going on at the blog The Austrian Economists relating to a posting by Steve Horwitz. Other luminaries such as Roger Koppl have chimed in. For the past year I’ve been working on a paper on the contemporary relevance of The Sensory Order – hence my keen interest. 

aesthetics, atheism, byron kaldis, civil conversation, conservatism, corey abel, elizabeth corey, ethics, evolution, experience and its modes, Georg Simmel, George Santayana, intelligent design, modes, philosophy of history, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, podoksik, political philosophy, politics, religion, science, science wars, stephen jay gould, timothy fuller, Zygon

Oakeshott on Religion, Science and Politics

Here are the abstracts for the forthcoming Zygon: A Journal of Religion and Science symposium on Oakeshott. Elizabeth Corey (Baylor) RELIGION AND THE MODE OF PRACTICE IN MICHAEL OAKESHOTT Michael Oakeshott’s religious view of the world stands behind much of his political and philosophical writing. The present essay proceeds first by discussing Oakeshott’s view of religion…

albert casullo, arnon keren, episteme, epistemology, inference to the best explanation, jennifer lackey, john greco, jonathan adler, marc moffett, patrick rysiew, paul faulkner, Peter Lipton, philosophy of social science, social epistemology, testimony, trust, truth

Perspectives on Testimony

A reminder: if you haven’t already done so, this special offer has only one week to run (July 21). In addition to the introduction, this issue comprises 10 papers (168 pages). Well worth the effort! Download here EPISTEME homepage

Cheryl Misak, David Estlund, DEMOCRACY, Elizabeth Anderson, episteme, epistemology, Fabienne Peter, Franz Dietrich, Michael Fuerstein, Philip Kitcher, Robert B. Talisse, social epistemology, William Nelson

Epistemic Approaches To Democracy

This is the latest issue of EPISTEME: it’s currently available as hard copy but not online, though this will happen before long. EPISTEMIC APPROACHES TO DEMOCRACY Guest Editor: David Estlund • Introduction: Epistemic Approaches to Democracy, David Estlund • Science, Religion, and Democracy, Philip Kitcher • The Epistemic Value of the Democratic Process, William Nelson…