Jon Parkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3832587 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jon Parkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jon |
| FAMILY NAME | Parkin |
| SIGNATURE | PARKIN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Hobbes and the Reception of Leviathan
Although there has been much discussion of the reception of Hobbes's work, Hobbes's response to his own reception has rarely received much consideration. This article looks at Hobbes's engagements with his critics. Far from being rearguard actions by a philosopher under siege, or disingenuous attempts to curry favour with those in power, they can be read as moments when Hobbes in fact sought to convert what he saw as the "truth of speculation int…
Natural Law And Toleration In The Early Enlightenment
Straw Men and Political Philosophy
This article examines the character of straw men as deployed by political and moral philosophers, using the example of politically motivated responses to the work of Thomas Hobbes. It attempts to give an Oakeshottian account of what is distinctive about the form of straw arguments within political philosophy before going on to identify some examples drawn from the reception of Hobbes' work. In the final section, discussion of the function of stra…
Hobbism in the Later 1660s
Daniel Scargill and Samuel Parker have both been regarded as isolated and eccentric disciples of Thomas Hobbes. However, a detailed examination of their views reveals a more complicated relationship with the notorious philosopher. Far from being simple ‘Hobbists’, Scargill and Parker developed ideas close to those of ‘latitudinarian’ clergymen. In the polarizing political circumstances of the later 1660s, the hostile identification of their views…
Hobbism in the Later 1660s
Daniel Scargill and Samuel Parker have both been regarded as isolated and eccentric disciples of Thomas Hobbes. However, a detailed examination of their views reveals a more complicated relationship with the notorious philosopher. Far from being simple ‘Hobbists’, Scargill and Parker developed ideas close to those of ‘latitudinarian’ clergymen. In the polarizing political circumstances of the later 1660s, the hostile identification of their views…
Straw Men and Political Philosophy
This article examines the character of straw men as deployed by political and moral philosophers, using the example of politically motivated responses to the work of Thomas Hobbes. It attempts to give an Oakeshottian account of what is distinctive about the form of straw arguments within political philosophy before going on to identify some examples drawn from the reception of Hobbes' work. In the final section, discussion of the function of stra…
Hobbism in the Later 1660s
Daniel Scargill and Samuel Parker have both been regarded as isolated and eccentric disciples of Thomas Hobbes. However, a detailed examination of their views reveals a more complicated relationship with the notorious philosopher. Far from being simple ‘Hobbists’, Scargill and Parker developed ideas close to those of ‘latitudinarian’ clergymen. In the polarizing political circumstances of the later 1660s, the hostile identification of their views…
Straw Men and Political Philosophy
This article examines the character of straw men as deployed by political and moral philosophers, using the example of politically motivated responses to the work of Thomas Hobbes. It attempts to give an Oakeshottian account of what is distinctive about the form of straw arguments within political philosophy before going on to identify some examples drawn from the reception of Hobbes' work. In the final section, discussion of the function of stra…
Natural Law And Toleration In The Early Enlightenment
Hobbes and the Reception of Leviathan
Although there has been much discussion of the reception of Hobbes's work, Hobbes's response to his own reception has rarely received much consideration. This article looks at Hobbes's engagements with his critics. Far from being rearguard actions by a philosopher under siege, or disingenuous attempts to curry favour with those in power, they can be read as moments when Hobbes in fact sought to convert what he saw as the "truth of speculation int…
Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political philosophy (2 works)