Hayek and After

Shearmur, Jeremy

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“…A crucial problem of Popper’s view of social science was whether his own methodological theory demanded that one adopt in the social sciences the views of his friend Friedrich von Hayek; his former student Jeremy Shearmur (1996) emphasizes the connection. Hayek defended a strict individualism, which viewed all humane social programs as, in the words of his popular summary political plea, the road to serfdom.…”

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“…And, among followers of Popper, there is in fact political disagreement. A number of these followers do not follow the connection to Hayek so obsessively as Popper’s former student Jeremy Shearmur (1996) does. On this more tolerant reading of the political consequences of Popper’s critical rationalism, even politicians such as Helmut Schmidt have found no difficulty in praising Popper’s approach highly, while seeing no need thereby to also praise Hayek, and no conflict between Popper’s critical rationalism with his own social democratic politics.…”

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Critical rationalists much too narrow contribution to Der Positivismusstreit: Alternative political theories which conform to fallibilist, individualist methodologies were needed then and are needed today

Wettersten

2015

Journal of Classical Sociology

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The very dubious results of Der Positivismusstreit are explained as consequences of a methodological breakdown between two schools. But this debate is nevertheless relevant for today’s discussions due to its historical role in setting today’s framework. The methodological breakdown between the schools is overcome to a partial degree by presuming some overlap in methods. The misunderstandings of the past are set in today’s context, where critical realists have abandoned much of their previous doctrines, and the failure of critical rationalists to acquire more influence than they have is explained as in large part due to their failure to avoid identification with conservative economic-cum-political theory, above all that of Hayek. This mistake is corrected by explaining how improved critical rationalist methods are consistent with a variety of political alternatives and may be used to critically examine them.

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Section: The Failure Of Critical Rationalists To Avoid Neo-classical mentioning

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Critical rationalists much too narrow contribution to Der Positivismusstreit: Alternative political theories which conform to fallibilist, individualist methodologies were needed then and are needed today

Wettersten

2015

Journal of Classical Sociology

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“…it was headed by Jeremy Shearmur, who had been a research assistant to Karl Popper, and had originally been appointed to teach political theory in the department of Political Science, before being transferred to philosophy (Shearmur 1988(Shearmur , 1996a(Shearmur , 1996b(Shearmur , 1996c(Shearmur , 1996. Campbell and roeper have now retired, and Thiel moved in 2009 to a chair in Salzburg.…”

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A Companion to Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand (Second Edition)

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Trakakis²

2014

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“… 92 For alternative suggestions, see, for example, the Nozickean liberal meta-utopia described by Shearmur (1996), as well as Stringham and Zywicki’s (2011), Boettke and Candela’s (2014), and Crowe’s (2014) anarchist solution.…”

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Spontaneous Growth, Use of Reason, and Constitutional Design: Is F. A. Hayek’s Social Thought Consistent?

Servant¹

2018

J Hist Econ Thought

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Many commentators have pointed out the presence of a tension, even a contradiction or inconsistency, between two theses advanced by Friedrich Hayek: that the growth of institutions ought to be spontaneous rather than consciously designed, and that the conscious design of a constitution is necessary, so as to secure a desirable social order. Our paper shows via textual analysis that, far from being irreconcilable, these two theses, on the contrary, complement each other.

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Hayek and After

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Critical rationalists much too narrow contribution to Der Positivismusstreit: Alternative political theories which conform to fallibilist, individualist methodologies were needed then and are needed today

Critical rationalists much too narrow contribution to Der Positivismusstreit: Alternative political theories which conform to fallibilist, individualist methodologies were needed then and are needed today

A Companion to Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand (Second Edition)

Spontaneous Growth, Use of Reason, and Constitutional Design: Is F. A. Hayek’s Social Thought Consistent?

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