Philip Kitcher, prominent philosopher of science in The New Republic: The problem with scientism—which is of course not the same thing as science—is owed to a number of sources, and they deserve critical scrutiny. The enthusiasm for natural scientific imperialism rests on five observations. First, there is the sense that the humanities and social sciences…
Coming soon – Chor-yung did a lovely piece for Hayek in Mind. Alasdair MacIntyreConfuciusEric VoegelinJohn RawlsLeo StraussMichael OakeshottOakeshottQuentin SkinnerZhuangzi
James Atlas reviews the latest spate of books on biological determinism. Artificial intelligenceCharles DuhiggCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive sciencecomplexityconsciousnessDaniel KahnemanDavid HumeEmbodied cognitionGilbert Rylephilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindqualiaTony DungyTreatise of Human NatureWilliam James
Check out the programme for the upcoming SPP meeting. Artificial intelligenceCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessEmbodied cognitionExtended Mindphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindPsychologyqualia
My chum George Feaver crossed the finishing line on this date (his birthday as well).
I came across the FT article by Sen (see below). In this vein see also Sen’s Adam Smith and the Contemporary World: This paper argues that many of Adam Smith’s insights, particularly those in his Theory of moral sentiments, have a relevance to contemporary thought about economics and ethics that is currently underappreciated. In economics, for…
Check out Nick Day’s documentary recorded at the annual Toward a Science of Consciousness conference. Artificial intelligenceBuddhismCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessEmbodied cognitionExtended MindneuroscienceNick Dayphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindPhilosophy of scienceQuantum mechanicsRoger PenroseRupert Sheldrake
Coming soon the first of three papers I’ve co-authored with Dave Hardwick, this one due in Advances in Austrian Economics, Vol. 17 ABSTRACT Purpose/problem statement – The two most successful complex adaptive systems are the Market and Science, each with an inherent tendency toward epistemic imperialism. Of late, science, notably medical science, seems to have…
Roger Scruton’s latest. Some reviews: The Independent THE The Guardian The Monthly The Scotsman The Times Financial Times The Literary Review New Statesman
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