Bernard Bosanquet and the legacy of British idealism.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

9780802089816

Bernard Bosanquet and the legacy of British idealism.

Ed. by William Sweet.

U. of Toronto Press

2007

313 pages

$65.00

Hardcover

Toronto studies in philosophy

B1618

His work in philosophy ranged from logic to aesthetics, metaphysics and social philosophy, and he was a force in discussions of religion and psychology. He translated or edited works by Plato, Hegel, and Lotze. He advocated university education for the masses. Yet by only a short time after his death in 1923 he was virtually unstudied. These 12 essays commemorate Bosanquet's comeback in academia, which has come to understand his significant contributions not only as an Idealist but also as a source of reconciliation between Anglo-American and continental schools of thought. Contributors describe what we now know of his work in social equity, the problem of inference, the justification of induction, the role of aesthetics in education, the balance of metaphysics and nature with morals, distributive justice and perfectionism. Closing essays detail his legacy in the work of Collingwood and in the ontology of logic.

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