Ryle Oakeshott I presented this paper at the third international Michael Oakeshott Association conference. ——————————————- Abstract: Politics make a call upon knowledge. Consequently, it is not irrelevant to inquire into the kind of knowledge which is involved . . . (Rationalism in politics, p. 45) Gilbert Ryle’s ‘Knowing How/Knowing That’ distinction gave crisp articulation to a…
I recently took part in a symposium to discuss Loyal Rue’s Religion is not About God. This syposium has been published in the June issue of Zygon. ————————————————- TAKING THE SUPER OUT OF THE SUPERNATURAL (OR A MANIFESTO FOR A LATTER-DAY PANTHEISM) Abstract Metaphysical dualities divorce humankind from its natural environment, dualities that can precipitate environmental…
My review essay of Dennett’s Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon has just been published in The Journal of Mind and Behavior, Summer and Autumn 2006, Vol. 27, Nos. 3 and 4: 357-366. If you’d like to receive a reprint please drop me a line. Update – now available online. ========================================== The thesis that…
Review originally published in Political Studies Review and available on Podoksik’s website.
Review published in Philosophical Psychology
Dewey: the first ghost-buster? (uncorrected galley proof – do not cite) Final version to be found in Trends in Cognitive Science, Volume 10, Issue 6, pp. 242-243 (June 2006)
A review essay of Andy Clark’s Natural Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies and the Future of Human Intelligence
A review of Daniel Dennett’s Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness. A final version is available here in MS form. Drop me a line if you’d like an offprint for citation purposes. Published in the Journal of Mind and Behavior (Spring 2007).
“Political Experience” A copy is available direct from publisher’s website.
Constructivism and Relativism in Oakeshott. In The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott —————————————————– This paper highlights a troubling tension within the philosophy of Michael Oakeshott. The relativistic stance that informs his radical constructivism gives license to socio-political conclusions we know Oakeshott couldn’t possibly accept. Politically, Oakeshott cannot accept constructionist social ontologies that are forged in…
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