2003 Conference (Colorado)
The 2003 MOA Conference was held at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colarado, September 25-28, 2003.
Available Papers
- Presidential Address:
Rationalism Revisited
, by Kenneth Minogue (PDF format) On Writing Michael Oakeshott’s Biography
, by Robert Grant (PDF format)
Conference Scene
2003 Conference Participants
List of Papers by Session
Session I: Oakeshott on Modality
- Josiah Lee Auspitz, Sabre Foundation,
Modality Writ Small
- Jesse Norman, University College, London,
The Other Modality of Maths, or the Case of the Missing Mode
- Robert Goodman, University of Haifa,
The Immediacy of Experience and the Integrity of Modes in the Work of Michael Oakeshott
- Frank Palmer Purcell, New York,
Ideas and Consequences: Michael Oakeshott and American Philosophy
Session II: The Relation of Theory and Practice
- W. John Coats, Connecticut College,
Michael Oakeshott and the Poetic Character of Human Activity
- John Christian Larsen, University of California,
Oakeshott’s Skepticism and the Skeptical Traditions
- Stephen Turner, University of South Florida,
Politics Without Rationalism in an Age of Experts
Session III: Oakeshott, Hobbes and Spinoza
- Noel Malcolm, All Souls College, Oxford,
Oakeshott and Hobbes
- Douglas Den Uyl, Liberty Fund,
Spinoza and Oakeshott
- Patrick Riley, Universities of Wisconsin and Bologna,
Oakeshott on Hobbes’s Theory of the Will
Session IV: Oakeshott’s Aesthetics
- Corey Abel, Denver, Colorado,
Oakeshott, Eliot, Beauty, Tradition
- Debra Candreva, Wellesley College,
The Supposed Purpose of Poetry: Oakeshott’s Defense of a Pointless Activity
- Elizabeth Corey, Baylor University,
Poetry and Transcendence in Oakeshott
Session V: Oakeshott’s Religious Sensibility
- Todd Breyfogle, University of Denver,
Rationalism in Religion: Michael Oakeshott’s Unspoken Critique of Religion
- Michael Jones, University of Chicago,
Unprotected by the Illusion of Affairs
- Matthias Riedl, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg,
A Somber View of the Human Situation: Michael Oakeshott and Saint Augustine
- Mark Shiffman, Villanova University,
Religion, Liberal Education and the Human Vocation in Oakeshott
VI: Oakeshott’s Concept of Law
- Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola University, New Orleans,
Rule of Law, Politics, and Economics: An Oakeshottian Perspective
- Richard Friedman, SUNY-Buffalo,
Michael Oakeshott and the Elusive Identity of the Rule of Law
- Russell Hittinger, University of Tulsa,
Higher law, lower laws, and the Rule of Law
Session VII: Oakeshott, Hegel, J.S. Mill, Santayana, Collingwood
- Paul Franco, Bowdoin College,
Oakeshott’s Relationship to Hegel
- George Feaver, Universtiy of British Columbia,
Politics, Popular Government
and Regimes of Liberty: Michael Oakeshott on Representative Democracy - Nick Rengger, St. Andrews University,
Remaining unspotted from the world:
the Skeptical Sensibilities of George Santayana and Michael Oakeshott
(in absentia) - Massimo Iiritano, Università di Siena-Arezzo, Italy,
Oakeshott,
(in absentia)
Collingwood and Personal Idealism
Session VIII: Oakeshott and Our Political Traditions
- David Boucher, Cardiff University,
Oakeshott, Republicanism and the Rule of Law
- Jacob Segal, John Jay College of Criminal Justice,
Freedom and Normalization: Poststructuralism and the Liberalism of Michael Oakeshott
- John Kekes, State University of New York,
The Politics of Fairy Tales
- Gerhard Wolmarans, University of Pretoria, South Africa,
Michael Oakeshott’s Characterisation of Politics in an African Context
Session IX: On History and the Origins of the Modern European State
- Martyn Thompson, Tulane University,
The Voice of History in Human Affairs
- Gordon Schochet, Rutgers University,
Oakeshott’s History of the Modern European State
(in absentia) - Eric Kos, University of Michigan,
Platonic Themes in Oakeshott’s Understanding of the Modern European State
Session X: Oakeshott and Contemporary Philosophy
- Eric McDaniel, George Mason Universtiy,
Oakeshott and Wittgenstein on Rules and Practices
- Leslie Marsh, University of Sussex,
Coherentism and Relativism in the Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott
- Attila Karoly Molnár, Eötvös University, Budapest,
In Defence of Practice: Oakeshott Reads Michael Polányi
- Gene Callaghan, Ludwig Von Mises Institute,
Oakeshott and Mises on Understanding Human Action
Other Papers
- Aryeh Botwinick, Temple University,
Reconceptualizing Oakeshott’s Philosophy of Religion in the Light of a Re-envisioning of his Metaphysics