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Books by Walter B. Weimer

Retrieving Liberalism from Rationalist Constructivism, Vol 1., 2022

Retrieving Liberalism From Rationalist Constructivism, Vol. 1, 2022

Retrieving Liberalism from Rationalist Constructivism, Vol 2., 2022

Retrieving Liberalism from Rationalist Constructivism, Vol 2, 2022

Retrieving Liberalism from Rationalist Constructivism, Volume 2, 2022

Retrieving Liberalism from Rationalist Constructivism: Vol. 1: History and its Betrayal, 2022

Epistemology of the Human Sciences, 2023

Epistemology of the human sciences, 2023

Perceiving, Acting, Knowing (Shaw and Bransford, Eds.), 1977

Psychotherapy Process, 1980

Cognition and the symbolic Processes, Vol. 2, 1982

Cognition and the Symbolic Processes, Volo. 2, 1982

Journal of the American Forensic Association, 1984

Centripedal forces in the sciences, Vol. 1, 1987

This paper distinguishes between what constitutes inquiry in the "simple" areas such as physics a... more This paper distinguishes between what constitutes inquiry in the "simple" areas such as physics and the "complex" domains of spontaneous order such as cognition and the market order. Complex orders are regulated by three sets of principles :creativity or productivity, rhythmic differentiation, and opponent processes. What constitutes scientific understanding in such orders is fundamentally different from that constitutes in "simple" domains.

Papers by Walter B. Weimer

The Journal of Mind and Behavior, 2024

Routledge eBooks, May 1, 2024

Retrieving Liberalism from Rationalist Constructivism, Vol 1., 2022

Retrieving Liberalism From Rationalist Constructivism, Vol. 1, 2022

Retrieving Liberalism from Rationalist Constructivism, Vol 2., 2022

Retrieving Liberalism from Rationalist Constructivism, Vol 2, 2022

Retrieving Liberalism from Rationalist Constructivism, Volume 2, 2022

Retrieving Liberalism from Rationalist Constructivism: Vol. 1: History and its Betrayal, 2022

Epistemology of the Human Sciences, 2023

Epistemology of the human sciences, 2023

Perceiving, Acting, Knowing (Shaw and Bransford, Eds.), 1977

Psychotherapy Process, 1980

Cognition and the symbolic Processes, Vol. 2, 1982

Cognition and the Symbolic Processes, Volo. 2, 1982

Journal of the American Forensic Association, 1984

Centripedal forces in the sciences, Vol. 1, 1987

The Journal of Mind and Behavior, 2024

Routledge eBooks, May 1, 2024

COSMOS + TAXIS, 2024

How did our present distributed social cosmos, as a complex process of organization of cognition ... more How did our present distributed social cosmos, as a complex process of organization of cognition and civilization, emerge from more primitive directed taxis forms of primates and earlier hominins? Nothing resembling modern civilization or present day humans existed until fifteen to ten thousand years ago. In that "blink of an eye" (compared to 200 million years of mammalian evolution) a

The Journal of Mind and Behavior, 2023

Science Studies 3, 211-244, 1973

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Mar 1, 1976

Emerald Group Publishing Limited eBooks, Dec 6, 2011

Purpose – Some personal reflections on the author's discovery of and promotion of Hayek's... more Purpose – Some personal reflections on the author's discovery of and promotion of Hayek's The Sensory Order.

Maxwell: Pribram has emphasized that consciousness is important, practically important, even. It ... more Maxwell: Pribram has emphasized that consciousness is important, practically important, even. It is very heartening to hear this coming from a tough-minded scientist. He comes to grips with Ryle’s “ghost in the machine” and comes to the conclusion that ghosts (of the kind that rile Ryle) really exist, and that they too are important. He talks about the world within, the reality of the subjective feelings as we live through them—through pains, joys, sorrows, red patches in the visual field, and so forth. But does this imply dualism? Pribram’s answer is a resounding “No!” His main reason appears to be that we have at least the beginnings of a neural and psychophysiological science that will account for, that is, give us the mechanism for, the production of these feelings.

American Psychologist, 1973

Two fundamental problems in both psychology and philosophy concern the nature of knowledge and th... more Two fundamental problems in both psychology and philosophy concern the nature of knowledge and the nature of our acquisition of knowledge. No matter how "pure" it may be in research interest and theoretical intent, psychology ought to be very applied in the sense that it should seriously attempt to answer our fundamental questions concerning the nature of human knowledge and the process by which it is acquired. Yet, despite the spectacular successes experimental psychology has had in its attempt to understand the phenomena of its domain, it remains to be seen whether the answers advanced to fundamental problems such as the two above are adequate, or whether they are indeed answers at all. This article explores two problems of knowledge, which take the form of paradoxes, from their origins in Plato's Meno to their reemergence in contemporary philosophy and psychology. I trace the pendulum swing of intellectual fashion from Plato's attempt to solve the paradoxes with some ingenious postulations concerning the nature and workings of the human mind, through to Aristotle's (and the majority of contemporary thinkers') attempts to deny the Platonic machinery and the solution it envisages, and conclude with the resurrection of Platonic doctrine in psycholinguistics. Running throughout is the rather disheartening theme that we have not learned much about these problems in somewhat over 2,000 years of reflective thought. That is, my task is to convince one that the Platonic solutions, inadequate though they may be, are still 1 A number of colleagues and students have greatly improved this article by their constructive criticism. Those to whom the author is most indebted are C. N. Cofer, T. Halwes, D. S. Palermo, and N. P. Young. Obviously, they cannot be held responsible for the final result. Requests for reprints should be sent to

Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism, Nov 17, 2022