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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