Long overdue! Here’s the entry written by Terry Nardin. aestheticscivil associationConservatismEpistemologyexperience and its modeshistory of political thoughtLiberal educationLiberalismMichael Oakeshotton human conductPhilosophy of historyphilosophy of social sciencePolitical philosophyrationalism in politicsReligion
A nuanced and civil discussion with Glenn Loury and John McWhorter — the best discussion I’ve come across on this issue yet. bloggingheadsfree speechGlenn Louryidentity politicsJohn McWhorterLiberal educationliberalitypolitical correctnessracismsocial identitysocial justicevirtue signalling
Oakeshott’s words were prescient and remains salient as ever The world in which many children now grow up is crowded, not necessarily with occupants and not at all with memorable experiences, but with happenings; it is a ceaseless flow of seductive trivialities which invoke neither reflection nor choice but instant participation. A child quickly becomes…
The passing of Amy Kass. Amy Kasscitizenshipcivic engagementLiberal educationPhilanthropy
If the title and the video has no resonance then check out Jackson’s later eponymously titled paper. For a conspectus of the industry generated by Jackson’s thought experiment see Qualia: The Knowledge Argument. Most will probably know Dorian Electra from her video “I’m in Love with Friedrich Hayek” (see second vid): the Mary video is infinitely sharper,…
Results of this study posted here. childrenEducationLiberal educationPhilosophy of Education
This from Jack Kerwick in Academic Questions Undoubtedly, more confusion abounds at present over the nature of a liberal arts education than at any other time. In what follows, I explore three ideals for education—traditionalism, careerism, and activism. In exposing their weaknesses, I take my cue from the philosopher Michael Oakeshott and advocate on behalf of imagining…
Listen to Jesse Norman’s Oakeshott talk. Also an article recently published by Davide Orsi. Introduction Michael Oakeshott’s thought has been considered from a great variety of perspectives and has been interpreted in many, often divergent, ways. For example, scholars have placed his works in the context of the history of philosophy and they have highlighted their relationship…
This chapter 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 could not possibly accept. constructivismLiberal educationLiberalismMichael OakeshottPolitical philosophyScientismsocial epistemologysociology of knowledgesociology of scientific knowledge
The very excellent Noël has kindly made available two new articles that he has written for non-English language journals. Noël is also a contributor to the Companion. a companion to michael oakeshottcivil associationLiberal educationMichael Oakeshottnoel o’sullivan
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