Idealism

The History of a Philosophy

Jeremy Dunham,Iain Hamilton Grant,Sean Watson

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781317491958
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Philosophie
• Subtopic: Histoire et théorie de la philosophie

Idealism is philosophy on a grand scale, combining micro and macroscopic problems into systematic accounts of everything from the nature of the universe to the particulars of human feeling. In consequence, it offers perspectives on everything from the natural to the social sciences, from ecology to critical theory. Heavily criticised by the dominant philosophies of the 20th Century, Idealism is now being reconsidered as a rich and untapped resource for contemporary philosophical arguments and concepts. This volume provides a comprehensive portrait of the major arguments and philosophers in the Idealist tradition. The book demonstrates how Idealist philosophy provides a fruitful way of understanding contemporary issues in metaphysics, the philosophy of science, political philosophy, scientific theory and critical social theory.

INDEX

Absolute, the 5–7, 97, 119, 124, 137–8, 143, 146–7, 160, 164, 168, 170–73, 175, 177, 180–82, 187–8, 276, 293–4, 310n23

and Idea 150, 152, 154

and sentient experience (Bradley) 170

accident 25, 94, 169–70, 211–13, 225, 232, 261, 267

actual occasion 210–11, 213–19, 220–21, 230, 237–8, 242, 289, 311n36

aesthetics 109, 111, 291

aggregates 61–2, 65, 68, 70–72, 75–6, 79, 81, 178

Alexander, S. 6, 175–6, 192, 305n3

algorithm, algorithmic 252–3

anti-realism, idealism’s putative 4–5, 11

appearance 64, 74, 91–2, 96–7, 132, 134, 159, 168–73, 177, 184, 187–8, 190–2, 201, 249, 276, 294, 310n27

a priori 82, 86, 90–95, 99–102, 104, 106–7, 114, 149, 168, 182, 259, 269, 291

Aristotle 24, 27–9, 34, 55, 93, 95, 127–8, 150, 166, 193, 211, 224, 300n2

and Green 166

and Leibniz 55

Armstrong, A. H. 300n7

atom 40, 62, 69, 195, 198–9, 208, 214, 219–20

atomism 5, 8, ...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Note on the text
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• I Ancient idealism
• II Idealism and early modern philosophy
• III German idealism
• IV British idealism
• V Contemporary idealisms
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index