| Description |
lxxxvii, 293 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. The Principles of History. Evidence. Action. Nature and Action. The Past. History and Philosophy -- Pt. II. Essays and Notes on Philosophy of History 1933-1939. Notes towards a Metaphysic. History as the Understanding of the Present. Inaugural: Rough Notes. Reality as History. Can Historians be Impartial? Notes on the History of Historiography and Philosophy of History. Notes on Historiography. Conclusions to Lectures on Nature and Mind |
| Summary |
"Published here for the first time is what was completed of a final and long-anticipated work on philosophy of history by the renowned Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943). The original text of this work has only recently been discovered in the archives of Oxford University Press. Also found there were two conclusions written by Collingwood for lectures which were eventually revised and published as The Idea of Nature, but which have relevance to his philosophy of history as well. These pieces are included in this volume, accompanied by further writings by Collingwood on historical knowledge and inquiry selected from previously unpublished manuscripts held at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. All these writings, besides containing entirely new ideas, discuss further many of the issues that Collingwood is famous for having raised in The Idea of History and in his Autobiography."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [119]-274) and index |
| Subject |
History -- Philosophy.
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| Author |
Dray, William H.
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Dussen, W. J. van der.
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| LC no. |
98049637 |
| ISBN |
0198237030 |
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