The Popperian Podcast #9 – Jeremy Shearmur – ‘Karl Popper, Friedrich Hayek and the Future of Liberalism’

Jun 14, 2021

Jeremy Shearmur, a Karl Popper expert, discusses classical liberalism and free markets as feedback mechanisms for societal consent. He contrasts Popper and Hayek's views, addresses challenges facing classical liberalism, and looks at the future direction of the ideology.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Educational Journey and Philosophy of Science

02:29 • 27min

Reflections on Political Systems and Institutional Design

29:50 • 14min

Exploring Popper's Views on Government and Welfare State

43:20 • 6min

Exploring State Governance, Immigration, and Institutional Roles in Society

49:15 • 3min

Contrasting Views of Hayek and Popper on Market and Morality

52:44 • 28min

Navigating Challenges in Academia as a Young Liberal Scholar

01:21:00 • 21min

Exploring the Diverse Perspectives on Popper and Hayek

01:41:35 • 4min

This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Jeremy Shearmur. They speak about the time that Jeremy spent working with Karl Popper at the London School of Economics, the seeds of classical liberalism within Popper’s epistemology, the role for free markets as constant feedback mechanisms for the consent of people, the failure of politics to achieve this level of responsiveness, how Friedrich Hayek’s views differ from Popper’s and where Popper was influenced by Hayek, the problems/challenges that face classical liberalism, and the future direction of classical liberalism.

Jeremy Shearmur was educated at the London School of Economics, where he also worked as Popper’s assistant. He subsequently taught philosophy at Edinburgh, political theory at Manchester, and was Director of Studies at the Centre for Policy Studies in London. He then worked as a Research Associate Professor at the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, and subsequently taught political theory and then philosophy at the Australian National University. He is now retired from the ANU as an Emeritus Fellow and is living in Dumfries in Scotland, where he is still very much engaged in academic work. He is the author of ‘Hayek and After’ and ‘The Political Thought of Karl Popper’, and for anyone interested in his ongoing lecture series on Karl Popper and critical rationalism, Jeremy can be reached at: jeremy.shearmur@fallowfield.info

For enquiries not related to the lecture series or upcoming conferences, please instead use: Jeremy.Shearmur@anu.edu.au

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