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2014 Reprint of 1940 Edition. Full facsimile of the original
edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. One of
Collingwood's finest works, "Essay on Metaphysics" considers the
nature of philosophy, and puts forward Collingwood's original and
influential theories of causation, presuppositions, and the logic
of question and answer. From the mid-thirties onwards Collingwood's
work increasingly engaged in a dialogue with the newly emerging
school of analytic philosophy. In this work he attacked the
neo-empiricist assumptions prevalent in early analytic philosophy
and advocated a logical/epistemological transformation of
metaphysics from a study of being or ontology to a study of the
absolute presuppositions or heuristic principles which govern
different forms of enquiry. Collingwood thus occupies a distinctive
position in the history of British philosophy in the first half of
the 20th century. He rejects equally the neo-empiricist assumptions
that prevailed in early analytic philosophy and the kind of
metaphysics that the analytical school sought to overthrow.
This early work by Robin G. Collingwood was originally published in
1923 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory
biography. 'Can the New Idealism Dispense with Mysticism?' is an
academic inquiry in the field of philosophy. Robin George
Collingwood was born on 22nd February 1889, in Cartmel, England. He
was the son of author, artist, and academic, W. G. Collingwood. He
was greatly influenced by the Italian Idealists Croce, Gentile, and
Guido de Ruggiero. Another important influence was his father, a
professor of fine art and a student of Ruskin. He published many
works of philosophy, such as Speculum Mentis (1924), An Essay on
Philosophic Method (1933), and An Essay on Metaphysics (1940).
This early work by R. G. Collingwood was originally published in
1937 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory
biography. 'Roman Britain and the English Settlements' is an
informative work on Roman Britain and includes chapters on 'The
Frontier After Hadrian', 'Caesar's Invasion', 'The Claudian
Invasion', and much more. Robin George Collingwood was born on 22nd
February 1889, in Cartmel, England. He was the son of author,
artist, and academic, W. G. Collingwood. He was greatly influenced
by the Italian Idealists Croce, Gentile, and Guido de Ruggiero.
Another important influence was his father, a professor of fine art
and a student of Ruskin. He published many works of philosophy,
such as Speculum Mentis (1924), An Essay on Philosophic Method
(1933), and An Essay on Metaphysics (1940).
2014 Reprint of 1938 Edition. Full facsimile of the original
edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. R. G.
Collingwood (1889-1943) was primarily a general philosopher and
philosopher of history, and considered his work in aesthetics-the
principal work being his The Principles of Art (1938)-as secondary.
But the work in aesthetics has enjoyed a persistent readership that
continues into the present. In the years after WWII he was probably
the most widely read and influential aesthetician to have written
in English since Addison, Hutcheson and Hume (not counting Ruskin
as an aesthetician), and to this day continues to make his way into
anthologies as a principal proponent of the expressive theory of
art. In the field of the philosophy of history, Collingwood
famously held the doctrine of 'Re-enactment': since the subject is
human beings in action, the historian cannot achieve understanding
by describing what happened from an external point of view, but
must elicit in the reader's own mind the thoughts that were taking
place in the principal actors involved in historical events.
Similarly, the aesthetic procedure is one whereby the artist and
spectator jointly come to realize, to come to know, certain mental
states. Art is fundamentally expression. Collingwood saw two main
obstacles to general understanding and acceptance of this: First,
the word 'art' has surreptitiously acquired multiple meanings among
ordinary folk which should be disentangled; second, a philosophical
theory of the phenomenon of expression is needed to show that it is
an essential part of the life of the mind, not just a special
activity that poets go in for.
2014 Reprint of 1945 Edition. Full facsimile of the original
edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The
first part deals with Greek cosmology and is the longest, the most
elaborate and, on the whole, the liveliest part of a book which
never deviates into dullness. The dominant thought in Greek
cosmology, Collingwood holds, was the microcosm-macrocosm analogy,
nature being the substance of something ensouled where "soul" meant
the self-moving. Part II is "The Renaissance View of Nature ."
Collingwood describes the rise and decline of the deists' view of
Nature as a machine designed by the Great Contriver who, having
turned it out, watches it go. Part III, "The Modern View of
Nature," deals with very recent or contemporary philosophy and
science, discerning in it a radical evolutionism first in biology
and later in cosmology. Remains to this day a classic text in the
history of ideas.
This early work by Robin G. Collingwood was originally published in
1942 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory
biography. 'The New Leviathan' is an academic work on the subject
of philosophy. Robin George Collingwood was born on 22nd February
1889, in Cartmel, England. He was the son of author, artist, and
academic, W. G. Collingwood. He was greatly influenced by the
Italian Idealists Croce, Gentile, and Guido de Ruggiero. Another
important influence was his father, a professor of fine art and a
student of Ruskin. He published many works of philosophy, such as
Speculum Mentis (1924), An Essay on Philosophic Method (1933), and
An Essay on Metaphysics (1940).
2014 Reprint of 1942 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original
edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. R. G.
Collingwood (1889-1943) was a British philosopher and practicing
archaeologist best known for his work in aesthetics and the
philosophy of history. "The New Leviathan," originally published in
1942, a few months before the author's death, is the book which R.
G. Collingwood chose to write in preference to completing his
life's work on the philosophy of history. It was a reaction to the
Second World War and the threat which Nazism and Fascism
constituted to civilization. The book draws upon many years of work
in moral and political philosophy and attempts to establish the
multiple and complex connections between the levels of
consciousness, society, civilization, and barbarism. Collingwood
argues that traditional social contract theory has failed to
account for the continuing existence of the non-social community
and its relation to the social community in the body politic. He is
also critical of the tendency within ethics to confound right and
duty.
2014 Reprint of 1946 Edition. Full facsimile of the original
edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. R. C.
Collingwood (1889-1943) was an English philosopher and historian.
Collingwood is most famous for his book "The Idea of History." The
book came to be a major inspiration for philosophy of history in
the English-speaking world. It is extensively cited. According to
Collingwood, the science which is dedicated to the study of mind is
history. Collingwood's philosophy of mind and action is thus to be
found in his philosophy of history, primarily in "The Idea of
History" (1946). The claim that history is the study of mind is
prima facie counter-intuitive because many of us tend to think of
history as a descriptive science of the past rather than as a
normative science of thought. Collingwood's claim that history is
the study of mind is in line with the distinction between the
Naturwissenschaften and Geisteswissenschaften that is found in
continental philosophy of social science.
2014 Reprint of 1933 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original
edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. R. G.
Collingwood (1889-1943) was a British philosopher and practicing
archaeologist best known for his work in aesthetics and the
philosophy of history. Collingwood is the author of one of the most
important treatises in meta-philosophy written in the first half of
the twentieth century, "An Essay on Philosophical Method" (1933),
which is a sustained attempt to explain why philosophy is an
autonomous discipline with a distinctive method and subject matter
that differ from those of the natural and the exact sciences.
This early work by Robin G. Collingwood was originally published in
1945 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory
biography. 'The Idea of Nature' is an academic work on the subject
of philosophy. Robin George Collingwood was born on 22nd February
1889, in Cartmel, England. He was the son of author, artist, and
academic, W. G. Collingwood. He was greatly influenced by the
Italian Idealists Croce, Gentile, and Guido de Ruggiero. Another
important influence was his father, a professor of fine art and a
student of Ruskin. He published many works of philosophy, such as
Speculum Mentis (1924), An Essay on Philosophic Method (1933), and
An Essay on Metaphysics (1940).
This early work by Robin G. Collingwood was originally published in
1939 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory
biography. 'An Autobiography' is the story of Collingwood's
personal and academic life. Robin George Collingwood was born on
22nd February 1889, in Cartmel, England. He was the son of author,
artist, and academic, W. G. Collingwood. He was greatly influenced
by the Italian Idealists Croce, Gentile, and Guido de Ruggiero.
Another important influence was his father, a professor of fine art
and a student of Ruskin. He published many works of philosophy,
such as Speculum Mentis (1924), An Essay on Philosophic Method
(1933), and An Essay on Metaphysics (1940).
This early work by R. G. Collingwood was originally published in
the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand
new introductory biography. 'The Archaeology of Roman Britain' is
an informative work on Roman Britain and includes chapters on
'Fortresses and Forts', 'Towns', 'Frontier Works', and much more.
Robin George Collingwood was born on 22nd February 1889, in
Cartmel, England. He was the son of author, artist, and academic,
W. G. Collingwood. He was greatly influenced by the Italian
Idealists Croce, Gentile, and Guido de Ruggiero. Another important
influence was his father, a professor of fine art and a student of
Ruskin. He published many works of philosophy, such as Speculum
Mentis (1924), An Essay on Philosophic Method (1933), and An Essay
on Metaphysics (1940).
This early work by R. G. Collingwood was originally published in
the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand
new introductory biography. 'A Guide to the Roman Wall' is an
informative essay on the history and use of Hadrian's Wall. Robin
George Collingwood was born on 22nd February 1889, in Cartmel,
England. He was the son of author, artist, and academic, W. G.
Collingwood. He was greatly influenced by the Italian Idealists
Croce, Gentile, and Guido de Ruggiero. Another important influence
was his father, a professor of fine art and a student of Ruskin. He
published many works of philosophy, such as Speculum Mentis (1924),
An Essay on Philosophic Method (1933), and An Essay on Metaphysics
(1940).
This early work by R. G. Collingwood was originally published in
1922 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory
biography. 'Roman Britain' is an informative work on Roman Britain
and includes chapters on 'Town and Country Life', 'Art and
Language', 'Religion', and much more. Robin George Collingwood was
born on 22nd February 1889, in Cartmel, England. He was the son of
author, artist, and academic, W. G. Collingwood. He was greatly
influenced by the Italian Idealists Croce, Gentile, and Guido de
Ruggiero. Another important influence was his father, a professor
of fine art and a student of Ruskin. He published many works of
philosophy, such as Speculum Mentis (1924), An Essay on Philosophic
Method (1933), and An Essay on Metaphysics (1940).
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