Praxis und Politik – Michael Oakeshott im Dialog
Newly released Oakeshott collection. Friedrich HayekMichael OakeshottOakeshottPolitical philosophyrule of law
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The MIT Encyclopedia Of The Cognitive Sciences (MITECS)
There are many pretenders around, but this really is still the best. And I hear that an update is in the works. AdaptationismCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessEmbodied cognitionEncyclopedia Of The Cognitive Sciencesneurosciencephenomenologyphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindPsychologyrob wilsonSocial Sciences
Hayek and Behavioral Economics
Still on Hayek. Having just received my copy, I thought I’d give it another plug. My chapter Mindscapes and Landscapes: Hayek and Simon on Cognitive Extension is in this collection. The full line-up as follows: Foreword; V. Smith Introduction; R. Frantz & R. Leeson Friedrich Hayek’s Behavioural Economics in Historical Context; R. Frantz A Hayekian/Kirznerian Economic History of…
Cognitive Opening and Closing: Toward an Exploration of the Mental World of Entrepreneurship
Some extracts from Thierry’s paper: Contemporary analysis usually divides games of chance into three dimensions. In Machina and Schmeidler’s (1992) terms, this division can be viewed based on the example of an urn containing 90 balls of different colors, out of which an agent pulls a ball, of which he must ex ante guess its…
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 6
“Canned food is a perversion,” Ignatius said. “I suspect that it is ultimately very damaging to the soul” (p. 19) a confederacy of duncesJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleansphilosophical literature
Existentialism, semiotics, and iced tea
Going back to 1985, Roger Kimball reviews a collection of conversations with Walker Percy. Mr. Percy’s chief concern as a novelist is with ”the dislocation of man in the modern age,” with the sense of ennui and meaninglessness that has shadowed so many lives, even – or perhaps especially – in the midst of affluence.…
Goat’s Head Soup
Though the headline doesn’t really connote what’s on offer (well, today is billed as a big Stones day), here are two NOLA food articles. The second is especially interesting. Embracing the goat in NOLA Overeating in the Big Easy The enemies are not our trademark foods, like boiled crawfish, shrimp remoulade, debris poor boys and oysters…
Inaugural Herbert Simon Society Conference
The Italian Cultural Institute of New York The International Herbert A. Simon Society The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America cordially invite you to the 1st Conference Herbert Simon Society BOUNDED RATIONALITY UPDATED New York (USA), April 8th-10th 2013 8th-9th April Italian Cultural Institute 686 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065 10th April The…
Remembering Marvin
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Butterfly in the Typewriter
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