The Concept of a Living Tradition
The very excellent Martin Beckstein has a new paper out. Friedrich HayekKarl PopperLiberalismmartin becksteinMichael OakeshottrationalismrationalityReasonshilssocial epistemologysocial ontologyTradition
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The Perils of Rationalism in American Urban Policy
Recently published paper by David Imbroscio. Freely available here and here. city planningDavid ImbrosciJane JacobsMichael Oakeshottrationalism
Stigmergy Structures and Yom Kippur
Here is a rather obscure and confused invocation of stigmergy. Our habits, the way we present ourselves to others and the persona we have created, our social context – all these things constrain us, limit our capacity for change, and drag the “old” us into any attempt to start afresh. Kol Nidre annuls those vows…
The Fate of Rationalism in Oakeshott’s Thought
Here is Ken Minogue’s intro paragraph to his essay in the Companion to Michael Oakeshott (I recently had dinner with Ken and am pleased to report that he is doing quite well). Michael Oakeshott is perhaps best known as the foe of a political vice called “rationalism,” and it is a vice because, in believing…
Non cogito, ergo sum
This from Intelligent Life.
Hayek’s Post-Positivist Empiricism: Experience Beyond Sensation
The intro from Jan Willem Lindemans’ paper: The philosophical foundations of Hayek’s works are not beyond dispute (Gray, 1984, Kukathas, 1989, Caldwell, 1992, Hutchison, 1992): was Hayek a rationalist or an empiricist; did he follow Kant or Hume, Mises or Popper? Difficulties arise because these questions touch upon social theory, political philosophy, methodology and epistemology.…
