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Michael Oakeshott : the philosophical skeptic in an impatient ageIn Catherine H. Zuckert (ed.), Political Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: Authors and Arguments, Cambridge University Press. 2011.
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The Complementarity of Political Thought and Liberal Education in the Thought of Leo StraussIn Steven B. Smith (ed.), The Cambridge companion to Leo Strauss, Cambridge University Press. pp. 241--62. 2009.
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13The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott (edited book)Imprint Academic. 2005.This volume brings together a diverse range of perspectives reflecting the international appeal and multi-disciplinary interest that Oakeshott now attracts. The essays offer a variety of approaches to Oakeshott’s thought — testament to the abiding depth, originality, suggestiveness and complexity of his writings. The essays include contributions from well-known Oakeshott scholars along with ample representation from a new generation. As a collection these essays challenge Oakeshott’s reputation …Read more
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21Smith, Steven D., The Disenchantment of Secular DiscourseReview of Metaphysics 66 (3): 602-604. 2013.
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12Taking Natural Law Seriously Within the Liberal TraditionIn Eric S. Kos (ed.), Michael Oakeshott on Authority, Governance, and the State, Springer Verlag. 2019.This essay analyzes the relationship between rights and the rule of law through the investigation of the jurisprudence of three significant figures in the liberal tradition: Ronald Dworkin, Michael Oakeshott, and John Finnis. Dworkin’s approach, which attempts to defend natural rights and to contribute to improving the general communal welfare, is shown to result in a strong role for judges to navigate between protecting rights and the common good where the rule of law is put in the service of s…Read more
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65. Radical Temporality and the Modern Moral Imagination: Two Themes in the Thought of Michael OakeshottIn Paul Franco & Leslie Marsh (eds.), A Companion to Michael Oakeshott, Penn State. pp. 120-133. 2012.
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60Non-Conceptual ContentSouthwest Philosophy Review 28 (1): 143-154. 2012.In this paper I argue that a principal argument in favor of the existence of non-conceptual content (henceforth NCC) fails. That is, I do not accept that considerations regarding the richness of our perceptual experiences support the existence of NCC. I argue instead that the existence of NCC is empirically motivated. Here is an outline of the paper. First, I set out the distinction between conceptual content and NCC as we understand it. Second, I consider the richness argument (RA), and argue t…Read more
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38Confirmation and Meaning Holism RevisitedErkenntnis 85 (6): 1379-1397. 2020.Does confirmation holism imply meaning holism? A plausible and novel argument, all of whose premises enjoy significant support among contemporary philosophers, links the two theses. This article presents this argument and diagnoses it with a weakness. The weakness illustrates a general difficulty with drawing morals for the nature of ordinary thought and language from claims about the nature of science. The diagnosis is instructive: It suggests more fruitful relations between theories of scienti…Read more
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11Reflections on (the Age of) Thresholding: A Commentary on The (Coming) Age of ThresholdingChristian Bioethics 8 (3): 237-254. 2002.Timothy Fuller; Reflections on (the Age of) Thresholding: A Commentary on The (Coming) Age of Thresholding, Christian bioethics: Non-Ecumenical Studies in Medic.
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33The challenge to race eliminativism from implicit bias researchJournal of Social Philosophy 53 (3): 334-355. 2022.Journal of Social Philosophy, Volume 53, Issue 3, Page 334-355, Fall 2022.
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47. Hobbes’s Idea of Moral Conduct in a Society of Free IndividualsIn Eugene Heath & Byron Kaldis (eds.), Wealth, Commerce, and Philosophy: Foundational Thinkers and Business Ethics, University of Chicago Press. pp. 135-156. 2017.
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57Overselling the case against normativismBehavioral and Brain Sciences 34 (5): 255-255. 2011.Though we are in broad agreement with much of Elqayam & Evans' (E&E's) position, we criticize two aspects of their argument. First, rejecting normativism is unlikely to yield the benefits that E&E seek. Second, their conception of rational norms is overly restrictive and, as a consequence, their arguments at most challenge a relatively restrictive version of normativism
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6Book ReviewsTerry. Nardin, The Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott.University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001. Pp. x+241. $35.00 (review)Ethics 113 (3): 711-713. 2003.
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27In The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott (edited book)Imprint Academic. 2005.This volume brings together a diverse range of perspectives reflecting the international appeal and multi-disciplinary interest that Oakeshott now attracts.
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21Terry Nardin, The Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott:The Philosophy of Michael OakeshottEthics 113 (3): 711-713. 2003.
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Reflections on norms of liberty : What makes liberty worthy of the name?In Aeon J. Skoble (ed.), Reading Rasmussen and Den Uyl: Critical Essays on Norms of Liberty, Lexington Books. 2008.
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147Scientific Inference and Ordinary Cognition: Fodor on Holism and Cognitive ArchitectureMind and Language 29 (2): 201-237. 2014.Do accounts of scientific theory formation and revision have implications for theories of everyday cognition? We maintain that failing to distinguish between importantly different types of theories of scientific inference has led to fundamental misunderstandings of the relationship between science and everyday cognition. In this article, we focus on one influential manifestation of this phenomenon which is found in Fodor's well-known critique of theories of cognitive architecture. We argue that …Read more
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University of California, Los AngelesUndergraduate
Areas of Interest
Normative Ethics |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |