Promoting critical discussion of British philosopher Michael Oakeshott (1901-90)
Two new Noël O’Sullivan pieces: (1) ‘The place of enlightenment in Oakeshott’s concept of liberal education.‘ Politeja, No 3 (17), 2011, pp. 5-16. (2) ‘Vida y Epoca de Oakeshott: Unas Memorias Filosoficas’ Cuardenos de pensamiento politico, no. 37, Enero/Marzo 2013, pp. 69-84.
Oakeshott’s “skepticism” and “non-foundationalism” seem to be topics of growing interest. The theme was picked up by Aryeh Botwinick in his recently released book, and in December a (relatively) new voice joined the choir. Conor Williams, summarising his recently defended …
Constructivism and Relativism in Oakeshott is possibly the most critical paper about Oakeshott’s thought published in recent years. As usually seems to be the case with Leslie Marsh’s writing, the paper is the product of much thought and reflection; he …
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Gilbert Ryle was one contemporary philosopher for whom Oakeshott had a good deal of respect; in his review of Ryle’s book The Concept of Mind he called the book “a piece of philosophical writing in the highest class” as well …
In The American Conservative, Kenneth Minogue has written about why Oakeshott can be understood as someone who was both a philosopher and a conservative, as distinct from a conservative philosopher.