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Jeremy Shearmur is a fellow emeritus in philosophy at the Australian National University. He is the author of Hayek and After and The Political Thought of Karl Popper. He also worked as assistant to Karl Popper for eight years.
Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below.
Watch on YouTube or X. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform. Read the full transcript on Substack. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes.
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Timestamps
0:00 - The commonalities (and differences) between Austrian economics and Popperian epistemology
14:34 - Young Popper’s socialism
25:35 - The sociology of philosophy
29:20 - Two different aspects to Popper’s approach to teaching
36:11 - The situation at the Institute for Humane Studies at GMU
45:45 - Popper’s personality, work ethic, and other interests
52:11 - Against the self-expressionist theory of art
56:24 - Why the ideas of Popper and Hayek aren’t mainstream
1:10:03 - Anarcho-capitalism
1:23:02 - Closing remarks
If you are interested in Jeremy's Zoom based conferences on Karl Popper's work, you can contact him at: [email protected]
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Jeremy Shearmur is a fellow emeritus in philosophy at the Australian National University. He is the author of Hayek and After and The Political Thought of Karl Popper. He also worked as assistant to Karl Popper for eight years.
Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below.
Watch on YouTube or X. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform. Read the full transcript on Substack. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes.
Click here to support my work.
Timestamps
0:00 - The commonalities (and differences) between Austrian economics and Popperian epistemology
14:34 - Young Popper’s socialism
25:35 - The sociology of philosophy
29:20 - Two different aspects to Popper’s approach to teaching
36:11 - The situation at the Institute for Humane Studies at GMU
45:45 - Popper’s personality, work ethic, and other interests
52:11 - Against the self-expressionist theory of art
56:24 - Why the ideas of Popper and Hayek aren’t mainstream
1:10:03 - Anarcho-capitalism
1:23:02 - Closing remarks
If you are interested in Jeremy's Zoom based conferences on Karl Popper's work, you can contact him at: [email protected]

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