It is unlikely that the Adam Smith “problem” in all its manifestations could be definitively resolved and this is certainly not the line this book is promoting. What’s on offer here is a fresh critical take on the two works looked at from recent developments within philosophy – philosophy of social science, philosophy of mind,…
I want to bring your attention to a new journal that has just been launched. Complex adaptive systemComplex systemscomplexitycomplexity studiescosmos & taxisdistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgeEconomicsHayekphilosophy of economicsphilosophy of social sciencesocial epistemology
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Here are a couple of extracts from Chor-yung’s paper: Friedrich Hayek’s social philosophy is one of the most systematic and sophisticated among the contributions made by 20th-century liberal thinkers. His defense of the free market and individual freedom and his critique of collectivism of various kinds are mainly based on his epistemological theses, which in…
Group Knowledge and Group Rationality: A Judgment Aggregation Perspective Christian List Volume 2 / Issue 01 / June 2005, pp 25 – 38 Collective Epistemology Margaret Gilbert Volume 1 / Issue 02 / October 2004, pp 95 – 107 Group Knowledge Versus Group Rationality: Two Approaches to Social Epistemology Alvin I. Goldman Volume 1 / Issue 01 / June 2004, pp 11 – 22 Is Trust an Epistemological Notion? Gloria…
Even though this special issue has been available for a while, since it is the March issue, it’s an opportune time to give it another plug. I’ll run some extracts from each paper over the coming weeks. complexityExtended MindExternalismhuman stigmergysituated cognitionsocial epistemologystigmergic cognitionStigmergy
A nice simulation from the Maastricht Swarm Lab See also the great video posted by Simon Garnier of The Swarm Lab @ NJIT Artificial intelligenceCognitive sciencecomplexitydistributed knowledgeExtended Mindsocial epistemologySpontaneous orderStigmergy
My chapter Mindscapes and Landscapes: Hayek and Simon on Cognitive Extension is published in this collection today. The full line-up as follows: Foreword; V.Smith Introduction; R.Frantz & R.Leeson Friedrich Hayek’s Behavioural Economics in Historical Context; R.Frantz A Hayekian/Kirznerian Economic History of the Modern World; D.McCloskey Was Hayek an Austrian Economist? Yes and No. Was Hayek a…
However long Ken Minogue has been writing about rationalism he always has a knack of bringing something new and elegant to the topic. Oakeshott was passionate about ideas, and in casual conversation he did not stint on expressing his disdain for folly, but his philosophical instincts were always to discover some element of rationality in…
An extract from the very excellent and versatile (economics and philosophy of mind) Don Ross. In light of this history, it is not surprising that, as many commentators have noted, The Sensory Order was relatively neglected for a few decades, but has recently enjoyed a wave of scholarly appreciation. Much of this has centered on…
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