Concepts and Categories : Philosophical Essays - Second Edition / Isaiah Berlin; Henry Hardy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berlin, Isaiah, author.

Contributor:

Hardy, Henry, editor.

Macintyre, Alasdair.

Williams, Bernard.

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Logic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

Second edition with a New Foreword

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The goal of philosophy is always the same, to assist men to understand themselves and thus to operate in the open, not wildly in the dark."--Isaiah Berlin This volume of Isaiah Berlin's essays presents the sweep of his contributions to philosophy from his early participation in the debates surrounding logical positivism to his later work, which more evidently reflects his life-long interest in political theory, the history of ideas, and the philosophy of history. Here Berlin describes his view of the nature of philosophy, and of its main task: to uncover the various models and presuppositions--the concepts and categories--that men bring to their existence and that help form that existence. Throughout, his writing is informed by his intense consciousness of the plurality of values, the nature of historical understanding, and of the fragility of human freedom in the face of rigid dogma. This new edition adds a number of previously uncollected pieces that throw further light on Berlin's central philosophical concerns, and a revealing exchange of letters with the editor and Bernard Williams about the genesis of the book.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Editor's Preface

Author's Preface

Introduction

The Purpose of Philosophy

Verification

Empirical Propositions and Hypothetical Statements

Logical Translation

Equality

The Concept of Scientific History

Does Political Theory Still Exist?

From Hope and Fear Set Free

Appendix to the Second Edition

Made of Wax after All

My Philosophical Views

Interview on Concepts and Categories

Logical Positivism

The Rationality of Value Judgements

Is a Philosophy of History Possible?

Pluralism and Liberalism / Berlin, Isaiah / Williams, Bernard

The Philosophy of Charles Taylor

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Firstitle pageblished in the USA by the Viking Press 1978.

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ISBN:

9781400848102

1400848105

OCLC:

858653122