Is the assumption of self-interested behavior assumed in economics at odds with altruism and compassion? I believe that this question—which has been formulated in various ways in the literature for the past two centuries—is the thorn that often turns us away from reconciling the Adam Smith of the Wealth of Nations (hereinafter WN) with the…
One of my favorite, most formidable and most intellectually honest philosophers, Susan Haack, has made available this recent paper. (Stay tuned for an upcoming festschrift for Susan marking her 75!). If you find the “activism masquerading as inquiry” sorts tiresome and disingenuous, you should really check out Susan’s less technical stuff. EpistemologyevidencemetaphysicsPeircepost modernismsusan haacktestimonyTruth
I’ve always had a soft spot for Herb Alpert’s artistry across styles so I’m looking forward to this. Shame about the naff cover though. funkHerb AlpertJazzmusicpopstrumpet
Excerpt from Anna Sherman’s The Bells of Old Tokyo: Meditations on Time and a City in The Paris Review. Anna ShermanJapanphilosophical literaturetimeTokyoYukio Mishima
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Newly published as open access in Frontiers in Psychology. At long last Hayek makes an appearance outside of Austrian and behavioral circles though myself and others been banging on about him as a situated theorist for yonks. See Bill Butos’ (ed.) The Social Science of Hayek’s The Sensory Order. economic reasoning is never just an…
Here is the second piece that Ken Minogue gave me thirty or so years ago. This time it’s a piece by Oakeshott himself. Pardon the markings . . . a clean version can be found in What Is History? And Other Essays. Not that it matters much, but the date for the published version is question-marked…
Catch ’em if you can. One of Britain’s most beloved bands. Boston Globe review. all the young dudesDavid Bowieian huntermott the hooplerock ‘n roll
Happy birthday to Joaquín. Here is a bio-sketch of Joaquín’s life and a summary of his work. Also check out Joaquín’s “Hayek in Today’s Cognitive Neuroscience” which he wrote for my edited collection in 2011. Some 20 years ago I gave a talk on Hayek’s philosophical psychology examining the continuities between Hayek’s social connectionism and…
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