Michael Oakeshott's Skepticism by Aryeh Botwinick
The English philosopher Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990) is known as a conservative who rejected philosophically ambitious rationalism and the grand political ideologies of the twentieth century. This title presents an original account of Oakeshott's skepticism about foundations, an account that newly reveals the unity of his thought.-
A Defense of Hume on Miracles
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The Apologetics of Evil
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Partiality
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Liberty Worth the Name
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Social Conventions
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Hegel on Self-Consciousness
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Kierkegaard's Concept of Despair
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Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals
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Locke on Personal Identity
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Kant and Skepticism
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Public Goods, Private Goods
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Philosophical Myths of the Fall
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Welfare and Rational Care
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Taking Wittgenstein at His Word
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The Pathologies of Individual Freedom
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Physicalism, or Something Near Enough
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Justice Is Conflict
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Thinking of Others
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Self-Deception Unmasked
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Fixing Frege
"During a time when the fragility of things is so palpable, Aryeh Botwinick's re-engagement with the work of Michael Oakeshott is invaluableHe shows us how Oakeshott's skepticism turns sharply back upon itself, how he draws us toward a tacit dimension that is itself both real and fragile, and how, once human anger against the complexity of skepticism is overcome, this stance can provide a live medium from which a generous ethic emerges. Botwinick reads Oakeshott in relation to Hobbes, Wittgenstein, Levinas, and Heidegger, as he also periodically reads Oakeshott against himself. A timely and illuminating study."—William E. Connolly, author of A World of Becoming
"The literature on Oakeshott tends to emphasize the independence of his thought and the problem of how to classify him, a problem that Aryeh Botwinick neatly sidesteps by taking an entirely different line. Oakeshott turns out to be in agreement or dialogue with a range of other thinkers, including Nietzsche and Arendt. This is a fresh and rewarding approach that provides a new perspective on Oakeshott's thought and its significance."—Oliver Leaman, University of Kentucky
"The literature on Oakeshott tends to emphasize the independence of his thought and the problem of how to classify him, a problem that Aryeh Botwinick neatly sidesteps by taking an entirely different line. Oakeshott turns out to be in agreement or dialogue with a range of other thinkers, including Nietzsche and Arendt. This is a fresh and rewarding approach that provides a new perspective on Oakeshott's thought and its significance."—Oliver Leaman, University of Kentucky
Aryeh Botwinick is professor of political science at Temple University. He is the author of "Skepticism, Belief, and the Modern"; "Postmodernism and Democratic Theory"; and "Skepticism and Political Participation".
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691147178 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691147175 |
| Title | Michael Oakeshott's Skepticism |
| Author | Aryeh Botwinick |
| Series | Princeton Monographs In Philosophy |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2010-11-21 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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