Comments on: Who did Oakeshott Influence? http://www.michael-oakeshott-association.com/index.php/archives/737 We promote knowledge and critical discussion of the British philosopher Michael Oakeshott (1901-90) Sun, 02 Oct 2011 05:30:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: web master http://www.michael-oakeshott-association.com/index.php/archives/737/comment-page-1#comment-103 web master Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:11:34 +0000 http://www.michael-oakeshott-association.com/?p=737#comment-103 A Single World of Ideas (follow the pingback) thinks my measure of "influence", borrowed from R.W. Southern, sets the bar too high, and points us towards Collingwood's point that relations of influence can be relationships in which "the conclusions reached by one thinker [gave] rise to problems for the next." It is a worthwhile point, covering philosophers who have exerted influence by setting an agenda (even an agenda for opponents) rather than by founding a school of admiring imitators. But I'm not sure that Oakeshott ranks any higher on this criterion than on Southern's. A Single World of Ideas (follow the pingback) thinks my measure of “influence”, borrowed from R.W. Southern, sets the bar too high, and points us towards Collingwood’s point that relations of influence can be relationships in which “the conclusions reached by one thinker [gave] rise to problems for the next.”

It is a worthwhile point, covering philosophers who have exerted influence by setting an agenda (even an agenda for opponents) rather than by founding a school of admiring imitators.

But I’m not sure that Oakeshott ranks any higher on this criterion than on Southern’s.

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