The philosophy of Isaiah Berlin /
"'I gradually came to the conclusion that I should prefer a field in which one could hope to know more at the end of one's life than when one had begun.' So thought Isaiah Berlin toward the end of the Second World War, when he decided to bid farewell to philosophy in favour of th...
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2020
London ; New York : Bloomsbuy Academic, 2020 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 The nature of Berlin's political philosophy p. 3
- Part 2 Philosophy p. 21
- 2 In the beginning .. p. 23
- 3 Kant's Copernican revolution p. 36
- 4 The humanistic turn p. 53
- 5 Taking history seriously p. 65
- 6 Interlude: Taking stock p. 79
- 7 Philosophy, literature and human understanding p. 101
- Part 3 Contingency p. 109
- 8 Philosophy and belief p. 111
- 9 The logic-choppers p. 118
- 10 The postmodern appropriation p. 123
- 11 The hedgehog's revenge p. 139
- 12 What we are left with p. 158
- 13 Reason, history and liberalism p. 166
- Part 4 Freedom p. 173
- 14 Theory versus practice p. 175
- 15 The central problem of freedom p. 180
- 16 Is belief in determinism liveable? p. 187
- 17 Truth, freedom and value pluralism p. 200
- 18 Reimagining the nature and authority of philosophy p. 212
- Part 5 Authenticity p. 223
- 19 Framing the debate p. 225
- 20 Three romantic thinkers p. 231
- 21 Smashing the jigsaw p. 240
- 22 The liberalism of romanticism p. 243.