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Instincts and the Invisible Order: The Possibility of Progress
The invisible hand means a variety of things to modern writers, who use the phrase loosely to imply the market, the price system, efficiency, laissez-faire, greed is good, and so on (Samuels et. al., 2011; Medema, 2009; Rothschild, 1994). In some circles the invisible hand is referred to with reverence and in others with mockery.…
The ‘Invisible Hand’ Phenomenon in Philosophy and Economics
This chapter discusses Adam Smith’s rhetorical use of the ‘invisible hand’ in the context of his teachings on metaphors as figures of speech in his lectures on Rhetoric (Edinburgh, 1748-51; Glasgow, 1752-64 (LRBL). After Smith died (1790), a strikingly long-period of silence about his three references to an ‘invisible hand’ followed until 1875, when traces…
Adam Smith and French Political Economy: Parallels and Differences
As is well known, Adam Smith spent about two years in Europe, most of it in France. It was in fact during his stay in Toulouse that he began to work on what became The Wealth of Nations (WN); but what proved decisive for the deepening of his understanding of market processes were his encounters…
Stigmergic behaviour and nodal places in residential areas: Case of post-socialist city Kharkiv in Ukraine
Here’s a recent paper citing Francis Heylighen who featured heavily in Ted and my Special Issue of Cognitive Systems Research – Human-Human Stigmergy. Chris and I, though, did mention in passing urban sprawl as a prominent instance of stigmergy twelve years ago. stigmergy opens broader possibilities for analysis of the development of the city, its networks and…
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Coming soon. ARTICLES Organization, Anticipation, and Closure in Markets and Science — Thomas J. McQuade A Critique of Capitalism, from an Austrian Perspective — Gus diZerega SPECIAL SECTION 25 years since the death of Karl Popper — Danny Frederick a. Identity Politics, Irrationalism, and Totalitarianism: Karl Popper and the contemporary malaise. b. The Relevance of…
C+T Vancouver: Programme
A fully detailed programme is now available. classical liberalismcosmos & taxisdemocracysciencespontaneous ordersurban planning
Using Stigmergy to Distinguish Event-Specific Topics in Social Discussions
Open access article. complexitycomputational intelligencedistributed knowledgeSelf-organizationsocial epistemologyspontaneous ordersStigmergy
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Spontaneous Urban Planning at the Intersection of Markets, Democracy and Science classical liberalismcosmos & taxisdemocracyMarketsciencespontaneous orders
Hayek’s Self-Organizing Mental Order and Folk-Psychological Theories of the Mind
Chiara Chelini’s chapter. Chiara Chelinicomplexitydistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgeFolk psychologyFriedrich HayekHayek in Mindmirror neuronsphilosophical psychologySelf-organizationSensory OrderSimulation-theorySocialityspontaneous orders
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