Garret Hardin

Hardin, Tye, and Color Physicalism

Larry Hardin has been the most steadfast and influential critic of physicalist theories of color over the last 20 years. In their modern form these theories originated with the work of Smart and Armstrong in the 1960s and 1970s 1 and Hardin appropriately concentrated on their views in his initial critique of physicalism. 2 In his most recent contribution to this project 3 he attacks Michael Tye...

Comparison Theorems for Fourth Order Differential Equations Garret

This paper establishes an apparently overlooked relationship between the iv yiV p'air of fourth order line,r equations y p(x)y 0 and + p(x)y 0, where p is , positive, continuous function defined on [O,m). It is shown that if all solutions of the first equation are nonoscillatory, then all solutions of the second equation must be nonoscillatory as well. An oscillation criterion for these equatio...

" the Tragedy of the Commons " by Garrett Hardin , 1968

Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 Geographic area: Hardin County, Tennessee

Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,497 5.9 5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,693 6.6 10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,675 6.5 15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,621 6.3 20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Review of Russell Hardin ’ s How do you know ? : the economics of ordinary knowledge

Although some people are curious and enjoy learning things about the world even if they are of only remote interest to their daily lives, most people are not very inquisitive and set out to gather information only on a need-to-know basis. In his latest book Russell Hardin argues that people are perfectly rational when they refrain from embarking on a quest for knowledge. Ignorance turns out to ...