A Priorism: Impositionism or Reflectivism?
A priori in philosophy refers to knowledge that is independent of experience, such as mathematics and logic. Praxeological economic theory is a priori in the sense that it is not…
The Basis of Methodological Individualism
THE neurobiological account of rights robustly supports a methodological individualism, for there can be no conscious entities outside of individual organisms.[1] This neurobiological account further establishes clear boundaries between conscious…
The Critical Importance of Collective Intentionality
“[…] unless there is some form of collective recognition of property rights, and unless the participants have the concept of a “right” in the first place, the system of private…
Social Ontology and Political Philosophy
THERE can be no informed political philosophy without an adequate social ontology, which has remained a severely undeveloped area of philosophy for centuries and, therefore, hindered political philosophy. The philosopher…
The Nature of Rights
At a glance: Rights originate from speech acts and are essentially linguistic, therefore, they:Have a subjective ontological mode of existence;Are the ontological basis of all rights from which deontology emerges;Their…