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Concepts and Categories - Philosophical Essays, Second Edition
Berlin, Isaiah; Hardy, Henry; Williams, Bernard; Macintyre, Alasdair
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Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Dimension: 212 x 141. Weight in Grams: 388.
"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 ... Read more
"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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Language
English
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691157498
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V9780691157498
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About Berlin, Isaiah; Hardy, Henry; Williams, Bernard; Macintyre, Alasdair
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Concepts and Categories - Philosophical Essays, Second Edition
"Being a man of the liveliest and most ingenious intellect, [Berlin] must wish that reason could do more to transform the human condition radically and quickly; being a man of common sense he knows it cannot."
Edward Crankshaw, The Observer "He left the moral quality of his voice behind him, in the long tumbling paragraphs and the clauses within clauses of ... Read more
Edward Crankshaw, The Observer "He left the moral quality of his voice behind him, in the long tumbling paragraphs and the clauses within clauses of ... Read more