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Chor-Yung Cheung, complex adaptive systems, complexity, connectionism, consciousness, liberalism, liberty, neurophilosophy, philosophy of social science, spontaneous order

Beyond Complexity: Can The Sensory Order Defend the Liberal Self?

My chum Chor-yung Cheung who like myself is both an Oakeshottian and a Hayekian introduces his paper below: Friedrich Hayek’s social philosophy is one of the most systematic and sophisticated among the contributions made by 20th-century liberal thinkers. His defense of the free market and individual freedom and his critique of collectivism of various kinds are…

cognition, cognitive ecology, collective knowledge, conservatism, Gene Callahan, liberal education, liberalism, liberty, oakeshott, philosophy of mind, philosophy of social science, political philosophy, rationalism, rationalism in politics, rationality, situated cognition, skepticism, social cognition, social connectionism, social epistemology, social ontology, socialism

Rationalism in Politics

In anticipation of a talk I’m giving later on in the week on Oakeshott’s so-called “dispositional conservatism”, here is a nice little piece by my chum Gene Callahan serving as a good introduction to RIP. The British philosopher and historian Michael Oakeshott is a curious figure in twentieth-century intellectual history. He is known mostly as…

a companion to michael oakeshott, Dewey, Francis Schrag, liberalism, modes, oakeshott, philosophy of education, political philosophy, politics

Dewey and Oakeshott on Politics and Education

Here’s a very recent paper from the Philosophy of Education. Here is the correct link for Francis Schrag’s reference to Bob Grant’s “On Writing Michael Oakeshott’s Biography.” Speaking of which, Bob Grant has written a fantastic biographical essay “The Pursuit of Intimacy, or Rationalism in Love” for Paul and my Companion. Bob GrantMichael OakeshottPhilosophy of Educationrationalism

aesthetics, companion to michael oakeshott, conservatism, elizabeth corey, liberal education, liberalism, philosophy of history, philosophy of social science, poetry, political philosophy, rationalism, rationalism in politics, rationality

A Disposition of Delight

My chum and the new president of the Michael Oakeshott Association, Elizabeth Corey, has just had this article published in First Things. Since this article is by subscription, I will only post a couple of extracts that caught my eye. Elizabeth is an excellent scholar whose chapter entitled “The Religious Sensibility of Michael Oakeshott” will be…