The Evolutionary Invisible Hand: The Problem of Rational Decision-Making and Social Ordering over Time
The latest in the series. Austrian Economicsclassical liberalismDecision makinginvisible handMatúš Pošvancrationalitytime
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McTaggart’s philosophy of time
Nice explication by Emily Thomas of McTaggart’s classic argument for the unreality of time. It was Michael Dummett who reinvigorated interest in McTaggart after decades of neglect. British IdealismMcTaggartmetaphysicsMichael Dummetttime
Yukio Mishima in Ichigaya
Excerpt from Anna Sherman’s The Bells of Old Tokyo: Meditations on Time and a City in The Paris Review. Anna ShermanJapanphilosophical literaturetimeTokyoYukio Mishima
Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation
This popular book is garnering some very warm reviews — The Economist — NYT — NPR chat with author Alan Burdick alan burdickaugustineJohn M. E. McTaggartmetaphysicsMichael Dummettphilosophy of timePsychologysciencetime
Conceptions of Reinhart Koselleck’s Theory of Historical Time in the Thinking of Michael Oakeshott
New article in the History of European Ideas Alexander Blake Ewinghistory of ideasideologiesMichael OakeshottPhilosophy of historyPoliticsReinhart Kosellecktime
Time
Both time-related (metaphysical) songs from pretty much the same period (’72-’73). Thinking about time also brought to mind one of my favorite (or at least at least in the top three) philosophical papers — later picked up by Dummett. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours…
Nation’s Historians Warn The Past Is Expanding At Alarming Rate
. . . a report published Thursday by the American Historical Association has found that the past is currently expanding at an alarming rate. American Historical AssociationHegelHistorymetaphyicsphilosophical humorPhilosophy of historytime
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