Berlin / Hardy Concepts and Categories

Philosophical Essays - Second Edition
2. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4810-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten

Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) was one of the leading intellectual historians of the twentieth century and the founding president of Wolfson College, University of Oxford. His many books include The Hedgehog and the Fox, The Crooked Timber of Humanity, The Roots of Romanticism, and Against the Current (all Princeton). Henry Hardy, a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, is one of Isaiah Berlin's literary trustees. He has edited several other volumes by Berlin, and is currently preparing Berlin's letters and remaining unpublished writings for publication.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berlin, Isaiah

Hardy, Henry

Weitere Mitwirkende

Williams, Bernard

MacIntyre, Alasdair

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Alasdair MacIntyre xi

Editor's Preface xix

Author's Preface xxv

Introduction by Bernard Williams xxix

The Purpose of Philosophy 1

Verification 15

Empirical Propositions and Hypothetical Statements 41

Logical Translation 72

Equality 106

The Concept of Scientific History 135

Does Political Theory Still Exist? 187

From Hope and Fear Set Free 226

Appendix to the Second Edition

Made of Wax after All 261

My Philosophical Views 277

Interview on Concepts and Categories 284

Logical Positivism 305

The Rationality of Value Judgements 315

Is a Philosophy of History Possible? 318

Pluralism and Liberalism (with Bernard Williams) 325

The Philosophy of Charles Taylor 331

Index 335

Über Autor(innen)

Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) was one of the leading intellectual historians of the twentieth century and the founding president of Wolfson College, University of Oxford. His many books include The Hedgehog and the Fox, The Crooked Timber of Humanity, The Roots of Romanticism, and Against the Current (all Princeton). Henry Hardy, a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, is one of Isaiah Berlin's literary trustees. He has edited several other volumes by Berlin, and is currently preparing Berlin's letters and remaining unpublished writings for publication.