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Concepts and Categories: Philosophical Essays

Concepts and Categories: Philosophical Essays

Henry Hardy
3.8/5 ( ratings)
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.
Language
English
Pages
202
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Release
April 12, 1999
ISBN
0691002347
ISBN 13
9780691002347

Concepts and Categories: Philosophical Essays

Henry Hardy
3.8/5 ( ratings)
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.
Language
English
Pages
202
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Release
April 12, 1999
ISBN
0691002347
ISBN 13
9780691002347

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