The Concept of a Living Tradition
The very excellent Martin Beckstein has a new paper out. Friedrich HayekKarl PopperLiberalismmartin becksteinMichael OakeshottrationalismrationalityReasonshilssocial epistemologysocial ontologyTradition
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Michael Joseph Oakeshott
Born on this day, that most subtle, civilized, cultivated, elegant, insightful, humane and liberal quality of mind. For all things Oakeshottian check out the Michael Oakeshott Association, the unaffiliated Michael Oakeshott Society, loads of stuff on this site including a very rare BBC recording of Oakeshott on the philosophy of history, and last, but no means least, A Companion to…
Competition, Economic Planning, and the Knowledge Problem
The collected works of Israel Kirzner — coming soon. Here, by the way, is Pete Boettke on “Why Israel Kirzner Deserves a Nobel Prize“. Adam SmithAustrian Economicsdispersed knowledgeIsrael KirznerLudwig von MisesPeter Boettkepolitical economyPraxeologyrationalismsituated cognitionSpontaneous order
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Pinker’s forthcoming bestseller which I’m expecting Taleb to eventually rip into. Despite Pinker ostensibly being a classical liberal his implicit progressivist ebullience is suspect. Epistemic humility is not seen as a cultural virtue: it is the zeitgeist of the modern age that we exist in a (misperceived) linear trajectory of progress, progress here taken to be…
The Fordist Academic
Scathing assessment of prevailing academia by Binoy Kampmark, well and truly caught between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, higher education institutions are encouraged to be functional to market requirements (ROI, translational research); while on the other hand, so much of the university is given over to ideological indoctrination, activism masquerading as disinterested inquiry—i.e.…
Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism
What with the regressive mind set of the so-called alt-left and the alt-right (the Siamese twins of authoritarianism and thuggery), discussion of the rule of law, free speech and liberality is more salient than ever. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: find out about our new series on #ClassicalLiberalism https://t.co/g8H5UWT33R @M_W_Q pic.twitter.com/FSRkq5afVQ — Palgrave Economics (@PalgraveEcon) September 7,…
A Companion to Michael Oakeshott
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Based Mom & Screwtape: Free speech, philosophy, and art
Roger is looking the sharpest I’ve seen him in years but he still retains the Just William hair. Christina Hoff Sommerscommon lawConservatismfree speechLiberalismLiteraturePhilosophyrationalismRoger Scrutonrule of lawSpontaneous order
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