The unknowable : a study in nineteenth-century British metaphysics / W. J. Mander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mander, W. J., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphysics--History--19th century.

Metaphysics.

Knowledge, Theory of--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Philosophers--Great Britain.

Philosophers.

Philosophy--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 316 pages) : portraits.

Other Title:

Study in 19-century British metaphysics

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

This book presents a history of nineteenth century metaphysics in Britain, providing close textual readings of the key contributions to First Philosophy made by the key philosophers of the period (such as Hamilton, Mansel, Spencer, Mill, and Bradley) as well as some lesser known figures (such as Bain, Clifford, Shadworth Hodgson, Ferrier, and John Grote). The story focuses on the elaboration of, and differing reactions to, the concept of the unknowable or unconditioned, first developed by Sir William Hamilton in the 1829.

Contents:

Part I: The Unconditioned

William Hamilton

Henry Longueville Mansel

Herbert Spencer

Thomas Henry Huxley

Part II: Empiricist Objections

John Stuart Mill

Alexander Bain and George Croom Robertson

Shadworth Hollway Hodgson and William Kingdon Clifford

G.H.Lewes and Karl Pearson

Part III: Idealist Objections

James Frederick Ferrier

John Grote and James Hutchinson Stirling

The British Idealists

F.H.Bradley.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-253737-7

0-19-184687-2

0-19-253736-9