Isaiah Berlin
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Isaiah Berlin

A Kantian and Post-Idealist Thinker

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Isaiah Berlin

A Kantian and Post-Idealist Thinker

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Reacting against both the British Idealists and the logical positivists, Isaiah Berlin forged a new philosophy best described as post-Idealist. This philosophy was deeply informed by Kantian categories and methods, and conditioned by Vichian themes of historical and cultural variation. An advocate of pluralism without relativism, Berlin believed that it was possible to adopt and live by values, but he could not achieve moral certainty that our values are objectively preferable to all others. Like Collingwood and Oakeshott (and some neo-Kantians), Berlin believed that concepts matter and that they have a history; that human values are numerous and incommensurable; that rationalism in politics is dangerous; and that positivists' hopes for rigorous social sciences are unrealistic. Interestingly, Collingwood and Oakeshott, both also candidates for post-Idealism, shared Berlin's commitment to these themes. Ultimately, Berlin's 'Two Concepts of Liberty' is perhaps best perceived as a critique of Bradley's Ethical Studies.

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Publisher
University of Wales Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9781786838971
Edition
1
Topic
Filosofía
Subtopic
Filosofía política

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Abbreviations
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. The British Idealists
  8. 2. Collingwood and Oakeshott: Post-Idealists?
  9. 3. Concepts Matter: ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’ and F. H. Bradley
  10. 4. Berlin and the Histories of Concepts
  11. 5. Berlin and Cultural Pluralism
  12. 6. Berlin versus Rationalism
  13. 7. Berlin’s Philosophy of the Social Sciences
  14. 8. Critical Appraisals
  15. Notes
  16. Bibliography