By Daniel J. Mahoney 27 February 2021 This article originally appeared on 27 January 2021 in Real Clear Public Affairs. They have kindly permitted it to be reposted here. Until a half century ago or so, there was a moral…
A brief outline of Popperian rationality By John Saudino 7 February 2021 This is the second article in a three part series. See Part I here. 2. Non-justificationism: the basic principle of Popperian rationality 2.1 The basics of non-justificationism The…
A brief outline of Popperian rationality By John Saudino 30 January 2021 Preface: In chapter 24 of The Open Society and its Enemies Karl Popper writes that “the conflict between rationalism and irrationalism has become the most important intellectual, and…
by Scott B. Nelson 26 November 2020 This article originally appeared on 25 November 2020 at the Austrian Economics Center. We love crises. They are imminent and serious. They require action, sometimes immediate action. It’s tough to think of a…
by Scott B. Nelson 8 November 2020 This article originally appeared on 6 November 2020 on the Hayek Institut website. In seinem 18. Brumaire bezieht sich Karl Marx auf den Philosophen G. W. F. Hegel, der an einer Stelle bemerkt, „daß alle…
by Scott B. Nelson 29 September 2020 “Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp,Or what’s a heaven for?” Robert Browning, “Andrea del Sarto” Why is Beethoven my favourite composer? What an unscientific and lazy subjective question. But to…
by Matthew Edwards 13 September 2020 Tragedy and History: The German Influence on Raymond Aron’s Political ThoughtBy Scott B. NelsonPeter Lang, 308 pp., €58.90 This review was originally published on 27 April 2020 in The European Conservative. They have kindly…
by Scott B. Nelson 27 August 2020 This article originally appeared on 17 July 2020 in Real Clear Public Affairs. America today is suffering from a tyranny of abstractions. Ostensibly, we’re seeing a mass movement against racial injustice—but what specific…
Winch v. Popper: Rationality in the Social SciencesOrHow to parry a poker By John Saudino 19 August 2020 This is the final article in a three-part series. See Part I and Part II. 4. Conclusion: the commanding significance of Popper’s…
Winch v. Popper: Rationality in the Social SciencesOrHow to parry a poker By John Saudino 11 August 2020 This is the second article in a three-part series. See Part I here. 3. Popper’s Response to Winch and Its Implications for…