TY - GEN T1 - Michael Oakeshott's skepticism T2 - Princeton monographs in philosophy. A1 - Botwinick, Aryeh LA - English PP - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press YR - 2011 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn677158655 AB - 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 on the grounds that no human ideas have ultimately reliable foundations. Instead, he embraced tradition and habit as the guides to moral and political life. In this book, Aryeh Botwinick presents an original account of Oakeshott's skepticism about foundations, an account that newly reveals the unity of his thought. OP - 250 CN - B1649.O344 B68 2011eb SN - 9781400836956 SN - 1400836956 SN - 128282113X SN - 9781282821132 SN - 9780691147178 SN - 0691147175 KW - Oakeshott, Michael, : 1901-1990. KW - Oakeshott, Michael, : 1901-1990 KW - Skepticism. KW - Scepticisme. KW - PHILOSOPHY : History & Surveys : Modern. KW - PHILOSOPHY : Political. KW - Skepticism ER -