[ExI] Philosophy and philosophers

[F. C. Moulton]

A bit of history that some might find useful for this discussion. During 
most of the 1990s I ran a book discussion group which had as its 
participants many persons who identified as Extropian.  Our January 1992 
discussion was about the book The Retreat to Commitment by W.W. Bartley. 
  I do not remember which group member recommended the book but I do 
recall that the idea of Pan-Critical Rationalism as covered in the book 
had a significant and rapid impact on an ever expanding circle of people.

At Extro1 (the first Extropian Institute Conference) May 1994 Max More 
gave a presentation on PanCritical Rationalism.  See:
http://www.maxmore.com/pcr.htm

For those not familiar with Bartley in addition to his book Retreat to 
Commitment Bartley was also chosen to be the editor for collected works 
of Hayek.  Unfortunately Bartley died after only a few volumes.  Some 
claim to see Bartley's hand waying very heavily in  Hayek's last book 
The Fatal Conceit; but that is a discussion of another time.

For those interested in the list of books read by the Bay Area Reading 
amd Discussion Group please see:
http://www.moulton.com/bardg/

Fred
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F. C. Moulton
moulton at moulton.com