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
Gianna Englert reviews the the first complete English translation of Benjamin Constant’s On Religion: Considered in Its Source, Its Forms, and Its Developments. benjamin constantfreedomGianna EnglertLiberalismPolitical philosophyReligion
One of the contributors to this volume, the very excellent historian of ideas Efraim Podoksik, has alerted me to this about-to-be published title. Don’t let the typos on Bloomsbury’s page detract you. Conservatismefraim podoksikhistory of political thoughtLiberalismMark GarnettMichael OakeshottPolitical philosophy
Below is my preferred (and crisper) abstract, which for some reason, the typesetters overlooked along with some other stuff. Anyway, the chapter is to be found here. cognitive closureConservatismDavid HumeGeorge LakoffilliberalismJonathan HaidtLiberalismmichael freedenMichael Oakeshottrationalismrationalityregressive leftRoger Scrutonsituated cognitionWalker Percy
Five years ago my chum Ken got on a plane after a MPS meeting in the Galapagos and never awoke. What a way to go! Read his work. kenneth minogueLiberalismMichael OakeshottPolitical philosophyrationalism
Published today. Adam SmithAge of EnlightenmentCivil societyConservatismDavid HumeEdmund BurkefreedomFriedrich HayekJohn LockeJohn Stuart MillLiberalismMilton FriedmanmoralitypropertyrightsRoger Scrutonthe rule of lawThomas Hobbes
Forthcoming: Walker Percy, Philosopher. Philosopher of Precision and Soul by Leslie Marsh The theme of abstraction operates in a twofold way in Percy – abstraction in the sense of being alienated from ones true or more authentic way of being/self and abstraction in a methodological sense, the inherent abstraction of scientific method and the more vulgar…
Check out his prescient warning published in Commentary. bernard lewisislamLiberalismregressive left
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