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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