Isaiah Berlin by Robert A Kocis

Isaiah Berlin by Robert A Kocis

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Zusammenfassung

Isaiah Berlin, a prominent public intellectual of the second half of the twentieth century, is examined in historical context for the first time as a thinker deeply influenced by, and deeply reactive against, the British Idealists.

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Isaiah Berlin by Robert A Kocis

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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ISBN 13 9781786838957
ISBN 10 1786838958
Titel Isaiah Berlin
Autor Robert A Kocis
Serie Political Philosophy Now
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Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag University of Wales Press
Erscheinungsjahr 2022-08-01
Seitenanzahl 264
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