1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990005990090403321

Titolo

Payne's Carriage of Goods by Sea

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : B utterworth & Co, 1954

Edizione

[6 edition by J. Milnes Holden]

Descrizione fisica

XXVI

Disciplina

343.096

Locazione

FGBC

Collocazione

VIII N 238

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910906198703321

Autore

Esfeld Michael

Titolo

Restoring Science and the Rule of Law / / by Michael Esfeld, Cristian Lopez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024

ISBN

9783031711862

3031711866

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Austrian Economics, , 3005-0472

Disciplina

340.11

Soggetti

Science - Philosophy

Political science - Philosophy

Economics

Philosophy of Science

Political Philosophy

Political Economy and Economic Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Science vs. Scientism -- 3. How to Restore Science -- 4. The Rule of Law vs. Welfare Totalitarianism -- 5. How to Restore The Rule of Law.

Sommario/riassunto

Science and the rule of law are the two pillars of modernity. Even though both result from the attempt to employ reason to limit the exercise of power in the scientific and the political sphere, they bear in themselves the germs of their own destruction: scientism and welfare totalitarianism. This book examines a trend towards a new, specifically postmodern totalitarianism, namely a regime of “actually existing postmodernism” that is based on the collusion of four elements: (i) scientism and its political use, (ii) intellectual postmodernism, (iii) welfare states, and (iv) crony capitalism. The book then shows a way out by utilising the philosophy of Descartes and Kant, the social-normative turn in the 20th century, and the resources of Austrian libertarianism from Hayek and Popper to Mises, Rothbard and Hoppe. These intellectual resources lay the ground for a New Enlightenment and an open society shaped by a free science and voluntary cooperation under the rule of law. Restoring Science and the Rule of Law is essential reading for philosophers of science and for political theorists interested in the foundations of the rule of law. Michael Esfeld is a full professor of philosophy of science at the University of Lausanne. Cristian Lopez is a postdoctoral researcher in philosophy of science at the University of Lausanne.