Collingwoods Metaphysics A Unique Position Guido Vanheeswijck by Guido Vanheeswijck 9781003539544, 1003539548 instant download after payment.

This book explores R.G. Collingwood╕s concept of metaphysics. It traces the evolution of Collingwood╕s thought on metaphysics through his published work, posthumously published manuscripts and recently discovered course notes.From 1933 to 1936, Collingwood╕s thought shifted considerably from the more orthodox Hegelian treatment of metaphysics as the study of the general nature of reality to the more ╕historicist╕ study of absolute presuppositions. This radical conversion hypothesis has been for a long time the single most important issue in the interpretation of Collingwood╕s philosophy. This book provides a fresh reappraisal of his thinking on metaphysics during these crucial years. It argues that objective idealism is the key to unraveling the true scope of Collingwood╕s metaphysics. This theory takes a mid-position between mainstream interpretations in the secondary literature and forms the background to many of Collingwood╕s key ideas regarding metaphysics, the philosophy of nature and the philosophy of history. The book also compares Collingwood╕s concept of metaphysics to that of his predecessors, contemporaries and followers. The second part of the book focuses in detail on the similarities and differences between Collingwood╕s metaphysics and, in chronological order, the views on metaphysics of Dilthey, Whitehead, Ayer, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Berlin, Koŕakowski, Strawson and Taylor.Collingwood╕s Metaphysics will be of interest to scholars and graduate students interested in Collingwood╕s philosophy, 20th-century philosophy and metaphysics.