Interpreting R. G. Collingwood
Interpreting R. G. Collingwood
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USDAn indisputably prominent figure in twentieth-century philosophy, R. G. Collingwood often remains elusive even to those who admire his achievements. This volume of new essays aims to reintroduce Collingwood to twenty-first-century philosophical readers and to show why, and how, his achievements matter. Each essay offers an original contribution to the understanding of some aspect of Collingwood's thought, including new interpretations of several of his central ideas, re-examinations of his place in twentieth-century philosophy, and an extended consideration of a previously undiscussed manuscript. The essays span the wide range of Collingwood's interests, including metaphysics, epistemology, logic, philosophy of mind, aesthetics, and political philosophy, as well as Roman British history and the history of art. Emphasis is placed on Collingwood's connections to traditions with which his name is not typically linked, including pragmatism, analytic philosophy, and phenomenology. This rich volume will stimulate further examination of Collingwood and his legacy.
- Demonstrates the relevance and importance of Collingwood's thought for contemporary philosophers working in several areas of philosophy
- Features original contributions to the understanding of Collingwood's thought, including new interpretations of several of his central ideas
- Situates Collingwood's thought in relation to contemporary traditions and thinkers in philosophy, including analytic philosophy, pragmatism, Wittgenstein, phenomenology, and hermeneutics, so as to challenge (or at least complicate) the common assumption that he was an idealist
Product details
December 2024Hardback
9781009337052
316 pages
236 × 161 × 23 mm
0.61kg
Not yet published - available from February 2025
Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction David Collins and Christopher Williams
- Part I. Situating Collingwood: Beyond Idealism
- 1. Collingwood and logical positivism Rex Martin
- 2. On Collingwood's criticism of analytic philosophy Paolo Camporese
- 3. Collingwood and the new pragmatists on socially situated knowledge Elena Popa
- 4. Collingwood and Wittgenstein on the relation between philosophy and poetry Vasso Kindi
- 5. Collingwood and phenomenology: intentionality, expression, and responsibility Donald A. Landes
- 6. Revisiting Gadamer's critique of Collingwood Mathieu Marion
- Part II. Issues in Collingwood's Philosophy
- 7. Collingwood's logic of question and answer: connecting the dots Fernando Leal
- 8. Presuppositional analysis and the goal of metaphysical inquiry Giuseppina D'Oro
- 9. Is Collingwood a process philosopher? The Libellus de Generatione's Ontology of Becoming David Collins
- 10. Collingwood on imagination Christopher Williams
- 11. Collingwood on 'painting imaginatively' and the expressive nature of the artwork David Davies
- 12. Collingwood's influence on Baxandall: abductive reasoning and the triangle of re-enactment Chinatsu Kobayashi
- 13. 'Reconsidering questions of principle': Collingwood and the revival of Celtic art Stephen Leach
- 14. What is living and what is dead in Collingwood's New Leviathan? Sabina Lovibond
- Bibliography
- Index.
