See Maimonides’ entry for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. The Guide for the Perplexed is freely available from the Liberty Fund. At his trial for impiety in 399 B.C., Socrates was asked how it is that the wisest person in Athens claims to be ignorant of the knowledge he seeks. His answer (Apology 23a-b) is that he…
Coming soon. Aristotlecognitive closureConservatismFerenc HörcherPolitical philosophyprudenceTradition
An open access entry. Wot? No discussion of Simon’s key The Sciences of the Artificial and broad discussion of collective intentionality? Artificial intelligenceBounded Rationalitycognitive closurecollective intentionalitycomplexityDecision makingHerbert Simonheuristicsphilosophy of social sciencesatisficing
I highly recommend Penrose’s classic The Emperor’s New Mind and the follow-up Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness. I had the pleasure of meeting Penrose via an Imperial-based collaborator/chum of mine at an Imperial College lecture soon after the release of TENM. It’s quite extraordinary that Rogan as the proverbial geezer on…
Chapter 9 from Hayek and Behavioral Economics. agnoseologyBehavioral economicsBounded Rationalitycognitive closurecomplexityDescartesExtended cognitionExtended MindExternalismFriedrich HayekHerbert Simon
Below is my preferred (and crisper) abstract, which for some reason, the typesetters overlooked along with some other stuff. Anyway, the chapter is to be found here. cognitive closureConservatismDavid HumeGeorge LakoffilliberalismJonathan HaidtLiberalismmichael freedenMichael Oakeshottrationalismrationalityregressive leftRoger Scrutonsituated cognitionWalker Percy
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I have a chapter in this forthcoming book entitled “Pathologizing Ideology, Epistemic Modesty and Instrumental Rationality”. cognitive closurecomplexityEpistemologyideologyphilosophy of social sciencerationalismrationalitysituated cognitionsocial epistemology
Jack Birner has this new article just published in Metascience. cognitive closurecomplexityFriedrich HayekHistoricismjack birnerKarl PopperLiberalismsocial epistemologyunintended consequences
H/T to Steve Horwitz who has provided the introduction to FEE’s newly released ebook of Kirzner lectures/essays from various FEE events and publications. For Kirzner and the Austrians, however, the assumption of perfect knowledge heads economists off on a trail that is an intellectual dead-end. The real world of the market is one in which knowledge…
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