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November 6, 2011austrian economics, distributed knowledge, Don Lavoie, Pete Boettke, steve horwitz, stigmergy

Don Lavoie

Don Lavoie died on this day ten years ago. It just so happens I’m reading his National Economic Planning: What Is Left? and noticed his dates. Here is Steve Horwitz (along with Pete Boettke) marking the commemoration. Austrian SchoolDon LavoiePeter Boettke

March 13, 2011austrian economics, Bastiat, broken window fallacy, hayek, japan, Keynes, Larry Summers, steve horwitz, tsunamis

Broken Window Fallacy

The topic of economics is not within my usual ambit (I do retain a tangential epistemological interest) but it’s certainly timely and Steve Horwitz always brings an astringency of good sense (however unfashionable that might be) to the knee-jerk economic issues of the day. Because of my passionate interest in New Orleans Steve’s thesis has…

December 10, 2009advances in austrian econmics, behaviorism, brain, brain science, cognitive closure, cognitive modeling, cognitive science, complexity, computational intelligence, concept of mind, connectionism, consciousness, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, dualism, enactivism, evolutionary psychology, extended cognitive systems, extended mind, frame problem, frank rosenblatt, gerald edelman, hayek, joaquin fuster, John Searle, knowing how knowing that, psychology, qualia, roger penrose, steve horwitz, stigmergic, stigmergy, the "hard" problem, the sensory order

Hayek in Mind

Here is an interview with the editors of Advances in Austrian Economics.

February 25, 2009coast guard, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, steve horwitz, walmart

Walmart, the Coast Guard and Distributed Cognition

Here is a lovely practical (and little known) illustration of the power and nimbleness distributed knowledge and cognition. Here’s Steve Horwitz telling the story. Please, would those harboring a fashionable indignation about Walmart desist from writing to me. The point is not about the substance of their business, but the logistics of their business and management…

January 13, 2009Bill Butos, cognitive closure, cognitive science, collective intentionality, complexity, computational intelligence, David Emanuel Andersson, David Hardwick, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, emergence, Gus diZerega, hayek, Ilya Bernstein, Jack Sommer, Jacky Mallett, philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, reason, Richard Gunderman, Robert Mulligan, social cognition, social epistemology, sociocognition, spontanous orders, steve horwitz, stigmergy, swarm intelligence, Troy Camplin

Studies in Emergent Order

I want to bring your attention to the first issue of the on-line journal Studies in Emergent Order (papers are freely available). I was privileged to attend the recent conference associated with the Journal. A more eclectic and interesting group one couldn’t hope to find. To listen to and chat with Gus diZerega, David Emanuel…

July 23, 2008cognitive closure, cognitive modeling, cognitive science, consciousness, distributed knowledge, hayek, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, psychology, Roger Koppl, self-referentiality, social cognition, social constructivism, social epistemology, sociocognition, steve horwitz, the "hard" problem, the sensory order

The Contemporary Relevance of The Sensory Order

I’m pleased to discover that there’s a discussion going on at the blog The Austrian Economists relating to a posting by Steve Horwitz. Other luminaries such as Roger Koppl have chimed in. For the past year I’ve been working on a paper on the contemporary relevance of The Sensory Order – hence my keen interest.