Two Reviews of Anthony de Jasay’s The State
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A presumption of equality?
In his recent 2011 interview for the Independent Review, Anthony de Jasay writes that he would have liked to write a short book on equalities but he has given up on the idea due to the challenges that his declining … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Anthony de Jasay, Equality, Presumption of Equality, Presumption of Liberty, Václav Klaus
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Against Politics: 15 book recommendations
One of the best ways to communicate the general outlook of a website is to recommend a set of books that embody its perspectives on a variety of topics. Since its inception in 2000 the outlook of Against Politics has … Continue reading
The Psychology of Liberalism
Modern liberalism is characterized by a set of beliefs that stand in such strong contradiction to what we know about human nature and society that some authors believe that a psychological assessment of this movement will give insights that cannot … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Nowicki, Gustave le Bon, Liberalism, Nihilism, Original Sin, Progressives, Socialism
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Richard von Mises: Positivism – A Study in Human Understanding
Unlike his rationalist brother Ludwig von Mises, Richard von Mises had strong empiricist leanings, which found expression in his frequency interpretation of probability and his qualified endorsement of logical positivism (or logical empiricism). His Kleines Lehrbuch des Positivismus was published … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Philosophy, Science
Tagged Alfred J. Ayer, Biology, Dualism, Economics, Empiricism, Frequentism, Game Theory, Hans Reichenbach, John von Neumann, Logical Positivism, Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard, Oskar Morgenstern, Otto Neurath, Physicalism, Physics, Richard von Mises, Robert Lucas, Rudolf Carnap, Social Science
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