Comments on: Hayek on Amazon

By: skepticlawyer

skepticlawyer — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:52:27 +0000

DB, I’m not sure how to let subscribers add to our amazon links database. Apparently there’s a generic label/tab we can use that allows people to search amazon and buy stuff entirely via Catallaxy, but I haven’t figured out how to embed it yet.

Working on it, will keep everyone posted

By: Rafe Champion

Rafe Champion — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:34:06 +0000

I will be interested to follow up the comparison of Oakeshott and Mises.

Popper wrote his paper ‘Towards a Rational Theory of Tradition” as a rejoinder to Oakethott’s critique of rationality but I suspect that their views were very similar.

By: dover_beach

dover_beach — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:47:50 +0000

Thats very harsh Rafe. His hardly gods gift to academic pedents since he’s largely ignored by most academic political theorists and philosophers. Yes, he finely analysed concepts but made great fun of ‘analysis’.

Also, he really did not change his mind that much over time. You certainly can notice him developing his theory of civil association, and expanding upon his fundamental distinction between civil and enterprise or purposive association, among other things, but nothing that appears like a change of heart.

And, If there is an industry developing around Oakeshott, it is very much a cottage industry.

I sense in your comments, Rafe, a little animus towards Oakeshott. Won’t you forgive that comment he made about Hayek in Rationalism in Politics, even know.

I regularly visit the first site linked. Its a wonderful resources; you might have noticed the correspondence b/w Oakeshott and Popper and the work being done comparing Oakeshott and Mises. I’d be interested in your opinion on this.

By: Rafe Champion

Rafe Champion — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:53:37 +0000

There is an Oakeshott industry these days, he was gods gift to academic pedants because he did fine analysis of concepts and he changed his mind so you can write papers about how his concept of x changed between 1945 and 1965.

There is an Association with a dedicated site.
http://www.michael-oakeshott-association.org/

These links are helpful.
http://www.maths.strath.ac.uk/~caas05/oakeshott/oakeshott.html

this is different but also interesting
http://www.oakeshott.org/

By: dover_beach

dover_beach — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:45:04 +0000

How do I add a link? Following proper instruction, I’ll add my selection of Oakeshott.

By: skepticlawyer

skepticlawyer — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:21:11 +0000

Would the real B Smith please stand up!

By: Rafe Champion

Rafe Champion — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:13:27 +0000

Not Brian Smith, football coach?

By: Brendan Halfweeg

Brendan Halfweeg — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:33:36 +0000

Having a brain freeze this morning, that is Bruce Smith NOT Bill Smith above.

By: Brendan Halfweeg

Brendan Halfweeg — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:32:30 +0000

Thanks SL! Less selection than amazon.com, but interesting nevertheless.

One title as an introduction might be The Libertarian Reader by David Boaz, a collection of essays and extracts.

By: Brendan Halfweeg

Brendan Halfweeg — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:29:16 +0000

Of course I meant , NOT Bil Smith!