In “Oakeshott on Civil Association,” Noël O’Sullivan offers a magisterial account of Oakeshott’s ideal of civil association, showing that it is addressed above all to the moral problem of reconciling authority with freedom in the highly pluralistic circumstances of modern Europe. Hobbes made significant progress in this normative endeavor to find a shared sense of…
The topic of Oakeshott’s conservatism is a contentious one, as Robert Devigne shows in his essay “Oakeshott as Conservative.” Using Burke as a touchstone, Devigne demonstrates that Oakeshott’s conservatism is complex and shifts over time. In his essays from the late 1940s and early 1950s, Oakeshott displays a Burkean antipathy toward rationalism and appreciation for…
Coming soon to C+T Conservatismcosmos & taxisLiberalismPolitical philosophyRoger Scruton
Chor-yung’s chapter. chor-yung cheungcomplexityembedded liberalismFriedrich HayekHayek in MindLiberalismphilosophical psychologySensory OrderSociality
This is the one song aside from Station to Station that has left Bowie commenters the most flummoxed. The most expansive discussion I’ve come across on Quicksand is on Arad Alper’s The Philosophy of Pop blog. While Chris O’Leary is spot-on drawing a contrast between Lennon and Bowie (the ’60s vs. the ’70s) on his excellent Pushing Ahead…
December 2018! Austrian EconomicsEpistemologyfrederic sautetIsrael KirznerLiberalismliberalityPeter Boettke
Recent Jeremy Shearmur article. Austrian EconomicsFriedrich HayekHistory of Economic ThoughtJeremy ShearmurLiberalismLondon School of Economicsmethodology
My chum and Russell scholar par excellence has this piece in the TLS. As Wittgenstein sums up Russell’s insight, “Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity”. Something similar might be said of science as well. Analytic philosophyAndrew Irvinebertrand russellLiberalismphilosophical logicPhilosophyscience
Whoa! This could be interesting. Brian HurleyEconomicsFriedrich HayekJapanLiberalismliberalityLiterature
Today marks the deadline for submissions. ConservatismLiberalismMichael OakeshottPhilosophyPoetry
