Collingwood on Philosophical Methodology

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This book discusses Collingwood's conception of the role and character of philosophical analysis. It explores questions, such as, is there anything distinctive about the activity of philosophizing? If so, what distinguishes philosophy from other forms of inquiry? What is the relation between philosophy and science and between philosophy and history? For much of the twentieth century, philosophers philosophized with little self-awareness; Collingwood was exceptional in the attention he paid to the activity of philosophizing. This book will be of interest both to those who are interested in Collingwood’s philosophy and, more generally, to all who are interested in the question ‘what is philosophy?’ Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction: The Armchair and the Pickaxe (Karim Dharamsi, Giuseppina D’Oro, Stephen Leach)....Pages 1-14 An Essay on Collingwood (Bernard Williams)....Pages 15-34 The Development of Collingwood’s Metaphilosophical Views (James Connelly)....Pages 35-75 Collingwood on the Relationship Between Metaphysics and History (Jan van der Dussen)....Pages 77-109 Presuppositions and the Logic of Question and Answer (Vasso Kindi)....Pages 111-130 Collingwood, Pragmatism, and Philosophy of Science (Elena Popa)....Pages 131-149 Why Epistemic Pluralism Does not Entail Relativism: Collingwood’s Hinge Epistemology (Giuseppina D’Oro)....Pages 151-175 Oscillation and Emancipation: Collingwood on History and Human Nature (Karim Dharamsi)....Pages 177-207 Collingwood and the Philosophy of History: The Metaphilosophical Dimension (Jonas Ahlskog)....Pages 209-227 The Later Collingwood on Method: Re-Enactment and Abduction (Chinatsu Kobayashi, Mathieu Marion)....Pages 229-248 Collingwood and Archaeological Theory (Stephen Leach)....Pages 249-264 Back Matter ....Pages 265-270