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Isaiah Berlin - A Kantian and Post-Idealist Thinker (Hardcover)
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Isaiah Berlin - A Kantian and Post-Idealist Thinker (Hardcover)
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Reacting against both the British Idealists and the logical
positivists, Isaiah Berlin forged a new philosophy best described
as post-Idealist. This philosophy was deeply informed by Kantian
categories and methods, and conditioned by Vichian themes of
historical and cultural variation. An advocate of pluralism without
relativism, Berlin believed that it was possible to adopt and live
by values, but he could not achieve moral certainty that our values
are objectively preferable to all others. Like Collingwood and
Oakeshott (and some neo-Kantians), Berlin believed that concepts
matter and that they have a history; that human values are numerous
and incommensurable; that rationalism in politics is dangerous; and
that positivists' hopes for rigorous social sciences are
unrealistic. Interestingly, Collingwood and Oakeshott, both also
candidates for post-Idealism, shared Berlin's commitment to these
themes. Ultimately, Berlin's 'Two Concepts of Liberty' is perhaps
best perceived as a critique of Bradley's Ethical Studies.
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