Oakeshott on Science as a Mode of Experience
ZYGON — Vo. 44. Issue 1, pp. 169-196. Byron Kaldisexperience and its modesIdealismMichael Oakeshottscience and religion
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Oakeshott on the Character of Religion Experience: Need there be a Conflict Between Science and Religion?
ZYGON — Vo. 44. Issue 1, pp. 153-167. CervantesDon Quixoteexperience and its modesF. H. BradleyGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelIdealismMichael OakeshottMontaignescience and religionstoicismTimothy Fuller
The Victim of Thought: The Idealist Inheritance
In “The Victim of Thought: The Idealist Inheritance,” David Boucher examines the relationship of this theory of knowledge or experience to philosophical—and especially British—idealism. He makes two fundamental points about this relationship. First, he argues that although idealism was on the wane in Britain the 1920s and 1930s, Oakeshott’s brand of idealism was hardly as…
Discussing New Books on Kant, German Idealism & Beyond
Here is a top-notch open access site devoted to all things Kantian operated under the auspices of Chris Onof (one of the principals), a lifelong Kantian scholar (is there any other kind?), my chum and occasional collaborator. christian onofethicsIdealismKantKantianismmetaphysics
Nicholas Rescher
A belated birthday greeting to Nick still going strong at eighty-nine. Nick is one of the most prolific, wide-ranging, insightful, eclectic and kindest philosophers I have known. See Michele Marsonet’s Internet Enclyclopedia of Philosophy entry for Nick. ConservatismEpistemologyIdealismmetaphysicsMichele Marsonetnicholas rescherphilosophical logicPhilosophyPhilosophy of sciencepragmatism
The Place of Michael Oakeshott in Contemporary Western and Non-Western Thought
Coming soon from Imprint Academic, edited by the very excellent Noel O’Sullivan. IdealismLiberalismMichael Oakeshottnoel o’sullivanPolitical philosophy
Fifty key thinkers on history: Oakeshott/ Patrick Gardiner
To my mind, this is a rather awkward piece but nonetheless serves as a quick intro to Oakeshott on history. A really top-notch expositor on the philosophy of history expositor was the late Patrick Gardiner who I was privileged to meet — see below after Oakeshott. MICHAEL OAKESHOTT 1901–90 ‘Modality’, as Oakeshott explains on the…
Leslie Armour (1931-2014)
According to an email circulated to the PSA British Idealism Specialist Group, Leslie Armour died yesterday. Here is an interview with him. Here is his Wiki entry. British IdealismIdealismLeslie Armour
The Victim of Thought: The Idealist Inheritance
The penultimate chapter to be trailed – David Boucher on Oakeshott’s idealism. Oakeshott’s indebtedness to philosophical idealism has been touched upon by many commentators as incidental to their main concerns, and his relative silence after the Second World War compared with his defiant proclamations of loyalty before it gave rise to suspicions that he was…
British Idealism: A Guide for the Perplexed
Here’s a plug for a very nice little recently released book by David Boucher and Andrew Vincent, two of the leading expositors of British Idealism. It’s about time an accessible and reliable work hit the shelves. David, by the way, has written a chapter on Oakeshott’s idealism for Paul and my “Companion” entitled “The Victim…
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