Essays Tagged: "Michael Oakeshott"
Homo luden: Oakeshott's champion- "Work and Play" by Michael Oakeshott.
The article "Work and Play", by Michael Oakeshott, describes the many characteristics of the human being. His main point is that the ... he Homo sapiens are creatures of wants that have corrupted the idea of "play". I'm going to examine Michael Oakeshott's view and compare and contrast it with the view from philosophers Aristotle and J ... mpare and contrast it with the view from philosophers Aristotle and John Locke. I do not agree with Michael Oakeshott's view because the human being characteristics cannot be simplified into two major ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
liberal learning
ing.As we begin to read further, Bennett then delves further into this relationship by referring to Oakeshott, as he openly challenges the conventional view of the relationship between students and te ... lizing the "provocative metaphor of education as conversation." In viewing education in this light, Oakeshott challenges the conventional view that teachers teach and learners merely learn. Instead he ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays