Vernon Smith @ 93
A belated happy birthday to Vernon. Adam SmithconstructivismDaniel KahnemanEconomicsNobel Prizesituated cognitionVernon L. Smith
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Scientism and its Discontents
Here’s an open access book by the most excellent and always provocative Susan Haack. Charles Sanders PeirceconstructivismFriedrich HayeknaturalismPhilosophyquineregressive leftscienceScientismsusan haack
Studies on the Abuse and Decline of Reason
Coming soon. bruce caldwellconstructivismFriedrich HayekLiberalismphilosophy of social sciencerationalityReason
Explaining Postmodernism
The very excellent Stephen Hicks whom I had the pleasure of meeting earlier this year has made his book freely available online. constructivismcultural marxismpost modernismregressive leftrelativismstephen hicks
Constructivism and Relativism in Oakeshott
I’ve been thinking and writing about social constructivism for nigh on 20 years which was one of the primary motivations behind the setting up of EPISTEME to take on the tripe that was being peddled in philosophy departments, but had already well and truly infected departments with no philosophical culture, i.e. English, sociology, anthropology, gender and so…
Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism
Austrian EconomicsauthoritarianismBehavioral economicsclassical liberalismconstructivismdistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgerationalismregressive leftsituated cognitionspontaneous orders
Sameness and Substance Renewed
Below is David Wiggins’ Preface from one of my favourite books. A tough read but well worth the effort. Here also is the Table of Contents and Preamble. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When Sameness and Substance (Blackwell, 1980) went out of print, Cambridge University Press agreed to take over the book. They suggested that the Longer Notes be dropped…
Some More Recent Oakeshottiana
1. Michael Oakeshott’s Skepticism 2. Oakeshott on Practice, Normative Thought and Political Philosophy 3. Michael Oakeshott’s political philosophy of civil association and constructivism in International Relations civil associationConservatismconstructivismDavide Orsi.international relationsLiberalismMichael OakeshottnormativismPolitical philosophyskepticism
Jesse Norman on Liberal Education/ Orsi on Oakeshott and International Relations
Listen to Jesse Norman’s Oakeshott talk. Also an article recently published by Davide Orsi. Introduction Michael Oakeshott’s thought has been considered from a great variety of perspectives and has been interpreted in many, often divergent, ways. For example, scholars have placed his works in the context of the history of philosophy and they have highlighted their relationship…
Constructivism and Relativism in Oakeshott
This chapter 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 could not possibly accept. constructivismLiberal educationLiberalismMichael OakeshottPolitical philosophyScientismsocial epistemologysociology of knowledgesociology of scientific knowledge
