Author Archives: Greg Ransom

It It “Unscientific” To Rethink the Explanatory and Conceptual Fundamentals of a Science?

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Greg Ransom

Darwin, Galileo, Mayr, Copernicus, Edelman, Newton, and Hayek all rethought the very fundamentals of their sciences, from the problems and explanatory strategies of their disciplines, to the logical status and conceptual role of the elements of their activities. Yet among … Continue reading →

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James Ransom, 2003-2016

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Greg Ransom

My wife, my daughters, and I have lost our beautiful son and brother, James Ransom, 2003-2013 to the long-term psychological effects of a traumatic brain injury.  My family believes it is important that people know that James was not depressed, … Continue reading →

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James Ransom 2003 – 2016

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Greg Ransom
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Setting up Hayek’s Revolution: extending the logic of choice from consumer goods to production goods (draft)

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Greg Ransom

Thomas Kuhn describes how science precedes working on normal science puzzles which have anticipated, non-problematic solutions. When those don’t work out, scientists begin to rethinking the conceptual space, the empirical problem to be explained, and the possible explanatory solutions to … Continue reading →

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Logic versus empirical problems and causal processes — Hayek’s revolution

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Greg Ransom

Economists do not understand Hayek. They simply don’t. I want here to explain in simple terms what economists don’t get, and what they would grasp if they were to ever understood what Hayek is doing. Thomas Kuhn explains how roadblocks … Continue reading →

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My Reply to David Wilson on Hayek & the Use of Mathematical Population Biology Models in the Social Sciences (draft)

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Greg Ransom

David Wilson has asked me to read his discussion of Hayek and the growing literature on multilevel selection modeling and the wider literature of human cultural evolution. This is my reply which I hope he will welcome in the spirit … Continue reading →

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