Hi,
I'm new, and not new (I've taken a nom de guerre). In any case, I never introduced myself before, so...
I'm an ancap, and my chief influences are Aristotle, David Hume, von Mises, and Rothbard.
I just started a new Mises Community blog, and I'm writing a series of posts on the history of epistemological thought, which I introduce in the following posts:
I am currently discussing the epistemological thought of the ancient Greek poet Hesiod.
The following six posts summarize his mythological and cosmological poem the Theogony.
And the last three posts search for an implied epistemology in the Theogony.
Next, I will discuss Hesiod's other great work, the Works and Days.
I look forward to the bounty of intellectual stimulation I know is on offer here with you all.
-Lilburne
Ah philosophy of history. I shall greatly enjoy anything on that subject
'Men do not change, they unmask themselves' - Germaine de Stael
Welcome. Always nice to see people who've read Aristotle.
Freedom of markets is positively correlated with the degree of evolution in any society...
Welcome!
I'll check out those articles. Looks very interesting.
Lilburne:my chief influences are Aristotle, David Hume,
that's interesting, how did both David Hume and Aritotle influence you? I would think they would both be jarring to the mind if they were both believed mainly because hume was such a radical a posteriorist as opposed to aristotle's apriorism.
Jon Irenicus: Welcome. Always nice to see people who've read Aristotle.
Thanks. Aristotle had one of the most synoptic minds in history. We are all poorer for the anti-Aristotelean revolt of post-medieval scholarship in the Protestant west.
wilderness: Welcome! I'll check out those articles. Looks very interesting.
Thanks, wilderness. I've been tempted to wade into the natural rights debate between you-and-Liberty-Student and Donny with an A. But I thought I had better get my epistemology squared away first.
fakename:that's interesting, how did both David Hume and Aritotle influence you? I would think they would both be jarring to the mind if they were both believed mainly because hume was such a radical a posteriorist as opposed to aristotle's apriorism.
I'm going to go into that in detail when my history of epistemology series of posts reaches Aristotle and Hume. But, basically I'm influenced by Hume's philosophy of mind and Aristotle's basic teleological analysis of human nature, his taxonomy of concepts, and the application of his formal logic to economics. I'll try to square that circle in my blog. Also, I believe Aristotle is not nearly as a prioristic as he is often characterized, and that Hume's a posteriorism is not as crude as many think. Aristotle was no Cartesian rationalist, and Hume was no Schmollerite/positivist.
Lilburne: wilderness: Welcome! I'll check out those articles. Looks very interesting. Thanks, wilderness. I've been tempted to wade into the natural rights debate between you-and-Liberty-Student and Donny with an A. But I thought I had better get my epistemology squared away first.
I've already started to read you blog posts linked through the forum here. Good reads. Though I'm itchin' to know how you view natural rights, maybe best not to bring that up yet. Not to debate, but curious since you brought that up as to what insight you may offer.
wilderness:Though I'm itchin' to know how you view natural rights, maybe best not to bring that up yet. Not to debate, but curious since you brought that up as to what insight you may offer.
Yeah, I'll eventually get to ethics on my blog. But, very briefly, I definitely don't accept Donny's moral fictionalism. I'm definitely in the natural rights camp. But I differ from your average Rothbardian in that I believe (and this is where my Humeanism comes in) that morality springs from the passions, and not from reason. I know that's another circle to square: but it makes sense in my head, and I'll do my best to make it make sense on "paper" after I discuss epistemology, human nature, and economics.
Are those all the blogs you have so far? I skimmed around on the blog page and didn't see any others. I really enjoyed reading them. Thanks.
Lilburne: wilderness:Though I'm itchin' to know how you view natural rights, maybe best not to bring that up yet. Not to debate, but curious since you brought that up as to what insight you may offer. Yeah, I'll eventually get to ethics on my blog. But, very briefly, I definitely don't accept Donny's moral fictionalism. I'm definitely in the natural rights camp. But I differ from your average Rothbardian in that I believe (and this is where my Humeanism comes in) that morality springs from the passions, and not from reason. I know that's another circle to square: but it makes sense in my head, and I'll do my best to make it make sense on "paper" after I discuss epistemology, human nature, and economics.
Ok. Thanks.
wilderness: Are those all the blogs you have so far? I skimmed around on the blog page and didn't see any others. I really enjoyed reading them. Thanks.
I have an introductory First Post, and I wrote two more short posts today: Introducing Works and Days and Inductive Practical Astronomy. But besides those and the 11 listed above, that's it, since I started the blog the day before yesterday.
Glad you're enjoying them!
Dear friends and colleagues,
Hi Danny,
Welcome.
Why the sudden change of mind to reveal your name?
Freedom has always been the only route to progress.
Does revealing your name (Daniel James Sanchez) change anything about what you said using the pseudonym J. Grayson Lilburne? What costs outweighed the benefits of anonymity?
No more grilburne :(