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January 31, 2012Cheng-hung Tsai, epistemology, knowing how knowing that, oakeshott, ryle

The metaepistemology of knowing-how

Here’s a recent KH paper I came across. I made a stab at this topic a few years back.

January 16, 2012andrew sullivan, blogging, David Roberts, Kripke, Matthew Yglesias, oakeshott, philosophy, postmodern, Richard Rorty, social epistemology

Philosophical Training to Professional Blogging

Some of the most talented professional bloggers in the U.S. have backgrounds in philosophy. Is this just a coincidence or is there a causal relationship between philosophical training and the demands of professional blogging? In addition to learning about the philosophical backgrounds and abiding interests of three of the most prominent bloggers in the U.S.,…

November 28, 2011oakeshott

Companion to Oakeshott

The publisher has finally got a page up for Paul and my Companion. We’re getting there . . . click on the graphic below and our dedicated page for more details. a companion to michael oakeshottOakeshott

November 21, 2011Gene Callahan, history of political ideas, oakeshott, political philosophy, rationalism in politics, rationality

Oakeshott on Rome and America

My chum Gene Callahan has just alerted me to the forthcoming publication of his book. The political system of the Roman Republic were based almost entirely on tradition, “the way of the ancestors,” rather than on a written constitution. While the founders of the American Republic looked to ancient Rome as a primary model for…

October 24, 2011a companion to michael oakeshott, aesthetics, british idealism, corey abel, david boucher, elizabeth corey, epistemology, experience and its modes, geoffrey thomas, idealism, kenneth mcintyre, kenneth minogue, liberal education, liberalism, martyn thompson, metaphysics, Noël Malcolm, Noël O’Sullivan, oakeshott, on human conduct, Paul franco, penn state, philosophical jurisprudence, philosophy of education, philosophy of history, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, political philosophy, rationalism in politics, Robert Devigne, robert grant, Steven Gerencser, timothy fuller

A Companion to Michael Oakeshott (Again)

We know it’s been a long time in coming but we have some blindingly superb essays comprising this volume. In lieu of conventional abstracts here is an extract from Paul and my introductory essay. For a full table of contents and a dedicated website see here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Editorial Extract The first two essays deal with…

October 21, 2011enlightenment, hegel, Nietzsche, oakeshott, Paul franco

Nietzsche’s Enlightenment

My good chum and co-editor of A Companion to Michael Oakeshott has just had his book on Nietzsche published. Paul is a superb expositor: his range of scholarship astonishes me – Hegel, Oakeshott and Oakeshott, and now Nietzsche.

October 15, 2011efraim podoksik, liberalism, oakeshott, political philosophy, rationalism in politics

Rationalism in Politics in Hebrew: מייקל אוקשוט הרציונליזם בפוליטיקה

Efraim Podoksik has just had his Hebrew translation of Oakeshott’s Rationalism in Politics published. This initiative must have taken some doing since Oakeshott was such a great stylist. So far as I know, the lead essay and/or the whole book has been translated into French, Spanish, Polish and Chinese. Here is the contents/intro/index. מייקל אוקשוט…

October 13, 2011liberal education, oakeshott, oliver letwin, political philosophy

Michael Oakeshott Memorial Lecture: Oliver Letwin

Are adverbial rules enough? Speaking of Oakeshott, today marks the opening of the Oakeshott conference in Tulsa marking 10 years since it all began.

October 2, 2011charles getchell, oakeshott, Sabre Foundation

Chuck Getchell

On the eve of the 10th anniversary conference of the founding of the Michael Oakeshott Association (regretably I’m unable to be in attendance) I thought I’d pay tribute here to someone who was instrumental in setting up the MOA – “Chuck” Getchell. It just so happens that it’s been almost a year since Chuck died…

September 9, 2011andrew sullivan, companion to michael oakeshott, oakeshott, Paul franco

Taking the world as it is

Here is a short article from last December on Oakeshott in The Spectator by Andrew Sullivan that I’ve just come across. I think Andrew captures much of the temperamental appeal Oakeshott has for me – I was an Oakeshottian before I knew who the man was! Anyway, stay tuned for Paul Franco and my co-edited…