Constructivism and Relativism in Oakeshott. In The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott —————————————————– This paper highlights a troubling tension within the philosophy of Michael Oakeshott. The relativistic stance that informs his radical constructivism gives license to socio-political conclusions we know Oakeshott couldn’t possibly accept. Politically, Oakeshott cannot accept constructionist social ontologies that are forged in…
Along with a sometime collaborator, Chris Onof of Imperial College London and Birkbeck College London, I am the co-founder of EPISTEME. I edited volume 1 and remain as an Advisory Editor to the editorial team.
In a stigmergical spirit, I welcome anyone who has an interest in the topic and who would like to a be a contributor to all things stigmergic: a) online discussion forum; b) the compiling of a list of online papers and other online resources; c) a list of theorists with a link to their websites. …
In its most generic formulation, stigmergy (an optimization technique) is the phenomenon of indirect communication mediated by modifications of the environment.
Social epistemology has the formation, acquisition, mediation, transmission and dissemination of knowledge in complex communities of knowers.
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