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Bobby Keys (1943-2014)
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A Danse Macabre of Wants and Satisfactions: Hayek, Oakeshott, Liberty, and Cognition
Just published in Austrian Economic Perspectives on Individualism and Society: Moving Beyond Methodological Individualism Austrian EconomicsAustrian SchoolBehavioral economicscomplexityconsumerismcorey abeldistributed cognitionEconomicsguinevere liberty nellHayekIndividualismindividualityLiberalismLibertarianismLibertyMichael Oakeshottsituated cognitionsocial epistemologysocial ontologysocial realitySpontaneous orderWalker Percy
Enactive Cognition at the Edge of Sense-Making
Coming very soon and to be reviewed in JMB. CognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive sciencecomplexityenactivismExtended MindMassimiliano Cappucciophilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindsituated cognitionTom Froese
Nick Lowe on Christmas Musical “Naffness”
The profoundly underrated Nick Lowe — the Jesus of Cool! NL has writen great songs ranging from rockabilly through to power pop. And if you want to know what “Naffness” means . . . Christmasmusicnick lowe
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 80
“Good gracious,” Ignatius spluttered. “I can see that we’re going to have a great deal of trouble capturing the conservative rural red-neck Calvinist vote. We are going to have to rebuild our image along lines other than those I see here.” Timmy, who was watching the black leather lout twist and dump eager partners sighed,…
In defence of spontaneous order: Hayek and libertarianism
The Economist Abstract According to Adam Smith, Friedrich Hayek and everyone else who knows what he or she is talking about, well-functioning markets depend, inter alia, upon clear property rights and a judicial system that enforces agreements and resolve disputes. It’s true that Friedrich Hayek, whom Mr Linker shamelessly abuses, is the most prominent 20th-century…
The Moviegoer – quotes and extracts – 10
“What is a repetition? A repetition is the re-enactment of past experience toward the end of isolating the time segment which has lapsed in order that it, the lapsed time, can be savored of itself and without the usual adulteration of events that clog time like peanuts in brittle. Last week, for example, I experienced…
Yukio Mishima
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Oakeshott’s concept of ideology
A new paper from the very excellent David Corey. Abstract Michael Oakeshott’s critique of ‘political rationalism’ is often regarded as a unique contribution to the study of 20th-century ‘ideologies.’ But, in fact, Oakeshott understood rationalism and ideology as distinct phenomena. This article exposes the essence of each in Oakeshott’s writings, analyses their complex relationship and…
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