Collingwood on Philosophical Methodology

Contents

Notes on Contributors

Abbreviations for the Works of R.G. Collingwood

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Armchair and the Pickaxe

1 Bernard Williams: An Essay on Collingwood: [Republished from “The Sense of the Past” (2006)]

2 James Connelly: The Development of Collingwood’s Metaphilosophical Views

3 Jan van der Dussen: Collingwood on the Relationship Between Metaphysics and History

4 Vasso Kindi: Presuppositions and the Logic of Question and Answer

5 Elena Popa: Collingwood, Pragmatism, and Philosophy of Science

6 Giuseppina D’Oro: Why Epistemic Pluralism Does Not Entail Relativism—Collingwood’s Hinge Epistemology

7 Karim Dharamsi: Oscillation and Emancipation—Collingwood on History and Human Nature

8 Jonas Ahlskog: Collingwood and the Philosophy of History—The Metaphilosophical Dimension

9 Chinatsu Kobayashi and Mathieu Marion: The Later Collingwood On Method: Re-Enactment and Abduction

10 Stephen Leach: Collingwood and Archaeological Theory

Bibliography

Chapter 2: An Essay on Collingwood

1 Three Reasons for Talking About Collingwood

2 Style

3 The History of Philosophy

4 Recovering the Past

5 Metaphysics and Presuppositions

6 Collingwood and Wittgenstein

Chapter 3: The Development of Collingwood’s Metaphilosophical Views

1 Introduction

2 Reflecting on Realism

3 The Practice and Method of Philosophy

4 An Essay on Philosophical Method

5 An Essay on Philosophical Method and After

6 A Tale of Two Essays

7 Relativism and the Radical Conversion Hypothesis

8 Conclusion

Bibliography

Chapter 4: Collingwood on the Relationship Between Metaphysics and History

1 Introduction

2 Metaphysics in History: ‘Function of Metaphysics in Civilization’

3 Metaphysics in History: An Essay on Metaphysics

4 An Essay on Metaphysics Under Discussion

5 Conclusion

Bibliography

Chapter 5: Presuppositions and the Logic of Question and Answer

Bibliography

Chapter 6: Collingwood, Pragmatism, and Philosophy of Science

1 Introduction: Collingwood’s Metaphilosophy

2 Collingwood and Pragmatism

3 Collingwood and Putnam on Realism and Anti-Realism

4 Collingwood and Price on Investigating Causal Concepts Through Human Practices

5 Collingwood’s Pragmatism

6 Conclusion: Collingwood and Pragmatist Approaches to Realism and Causation

Bibliography

Chapter 7: Why Epistemic Pluralism Does not Entail Relativism: Collingwood’s Hinge Epistemology

1 Introduction

2 Epistemic Pluralism and the Charge of Relativism

3 Collingwood’s Hinge Epistemology

3.1 Absolute Presuppositions as Hinges

3.2 Propositions and Presuppositions

3.3 The Absoluteness of Absolute Presuppositions

3.4 Philosophy’s Role

4 Epistemic Pluralism Is Neither Quietist nor Self-Undermining

5 Conclusion

Bibliography

Chapter 8: Oscillation and Emancipation: Collingwood on History and Human Nature

1 Introduction

2 Naturalism and Method

3 Quine’s Naturalized Epistemology

4 Idealized Naturalism

5 Collingwood’s Historical Human Nature

6 Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Chapter 9: Collingwood and the Philosophy of History: The Metaphilosophical Dimension

1 Introduction

2 The Subject Matter of Collingwood’s Philosophy of History

3 The Fundamental Role of Collingwood’s Philosophy of History

4 The Philosophy of History and Philosophy

5 Conclusion

Bibliography

Chapter 10: The Later Collingwood on Method: Re-Enactment and Abduction

1 Collingwood and the Hempel-Dray Debate

2 The Logic of Abduction

3 Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Chapter 11: Collingwood and Archaeological Theory

1 The Oversights of ‘Minute’ Philosophers

2 Collingwood in Archaeological Theory

3 Three Principles

4 Would Collingwood Have Approved of Archaeological Theory?

5 Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Index