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A Danse Macabre of Wants and Satisfactions: Hayek, Oakeshott, Liberty, and Cognition

Just published in Austrian Economic Perspectives on Individualism and Society: Moving Beyond Methodological Individualism Austrian EconomicsAustrian SchoolBehavioral economicscomplexityconsumerismcorey abeldistributed cognitionEconomicsguinevere liberty nellHayekIndividualismindividualityLiberalismLibertarianismLibertyMichael Oakeshottsituated cognitionsocial epistemologysocial ontologysocial realitySpontaneous orderWalker Percy

spontaneous order

In defence of spontaneous order: Hayek and libertarianism

The Economist  Abstract  According to Adam Smith, Friedrich Hayek and everyone else who knows what he or she is talking about, well-functioning markets depend, inter alia, upon clear property rights and a judicial system that enforces agreements and resolve disputes. It’s true that Friedrich Hayek, whom Mr Linker shamelessly abuses, is the most prominent 20th-century…

Nozick

Nozick’s last interview?

Julian Sanchez interviews the great man. And in the spring, I’m giving a course jointly with a professor in the Slavic Languages department on Dostoyevsky and his philosophical ideas, and the difference that is made when philosophical ideas are presented in works of fiction rather than in discursive prose. It’s the difference between people who…

complexity, cosmos & taxis

CFP: Cosmos + Taxis

The interdisciplinary journal Cosmos + Taxis is issuing a call for papers for its second conference on spontaneous orders, to be held at the Rochester Institute of Technology from May 8 to May 9, 2015. Both days will feature morning and afternoon sessions and informal lunches and dinners. The theme of the conference is “Spontaneous…

historical fiction, Troy Camplin

Troy Camplin Reviews Napoleon in America

A terrific highly thoughtful review of Napoleon in America by the renaissance man that is Troy Camplin. Be sure to check out Troy’s eclectic blog and his book Diaphysics. Many will know that I’m a great fan of Troy’s work — he did a lovely chapter for me entitled “Getting to the Hayekian Network“.  complexitydiaphysicsemergent orderHayekhistorical fictionNapoleonnapoleon in americashannon selinSpontaneous ordertexasTROY CAMPLIN

frank Jackson

There’s Something About Mary

Frank Jackson on the Mary thought experiment and “Epiphenomenal Qualia” Elsewhere I’ve written: Jackson’s thought experiment bears a striking resemblance to Hayek’s discussion in The Sensory Order, 1.95. Hayek took inspiration from C. D. Broad, the idea that an omnipotent being would still not be able to predict the qualia associated with a substance, for…

cosmos & taxis

COSMOS + TAXIS 1:2

Coming Soon: C+T 1.2 Frederick Turner — “Quality, quantity, granularity, and thresholds of emergence” Stefano Moroni — “Two different theories of two distinct spontaneous phenomena: orders of actions and evolution of institutions in Hayek” Chor-yung Cheung — “Hayek on Nomocracy and Teleocracy: a critical assessment” Lauren K. Hall — “Guiding the invisible hand: spontaneous orders…

cosmos & taxis

Cosmos + Taxis 1.1

Here is the inaugural issue if Cosmos + Taxis Austrian Economicscomplexitycomplexity studiescosmos & taxisdistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgeemergent orderHayekphilosophy of social sciencesituated cognitionSocially distributed cognitionSpontaneous order