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Practical vs. theoretical thinking
A comment to my previous post suggests that my little typology conflated practical and theoretical thinking on Oakeshott’s scheme, since theoretical thinking (my critic claims) is on Oakeshott’s view … more →
A Single World of Ideas
Practical vs. theoretical thinking
wrote 7 months ago: A comment to my previous post suggests that my little typology conflated practical and theoretical t … more →
Adorno on Thought and Thinking
wrote 9 months ago: It is, of course, mistaken to believe that the truth of a theory is the same as its fruitfulness. T … more →
Talk of ‘Tradition’ and the Historical/Practical Past Distinction (1)
wrote 10 months ago: In Oakeshott’s philosophy of history, we find the ‘categorial’ distinction between historical and pr … more →
Computer Science vs. Computer Programming?
wrote 12 months ago: Pertinent to my previous post, check out this in response to this. … more →
Pursuing those Intimations (or Not) with Microsoft Access
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wrote 12 months ago: Consider a situation where part of the computing needs of a workplace is fulfilled by a ‘home-brew’ … more →
Principles, Principles
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wrote 1 year ago: Over in his blog’s comment section, I’ve been longwindedly disputing Gene Callahan’s recent attempt … more →
‘Rationalism’ and Abstraction
wrote 1 year ago: Leslie Marsh, channelling the Oakeshott of RP (link): The complexity thesis [of Hayek in his critiqu … more →
The Pursuit of Intimations as a Normative Claim
wrote 1 year ago: In RP, Oakeshott claims that his account of politics as the pursuit of intimations is primarily inte … more →
Against the Supposed Practical Dimension to History
wrote 1 year ago: Following on from my previous post, a paper at Gregynog last week actually considered the topic, sug … more →
