Routledge Library Editions: Idealism, 4-Volume Set

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• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1205
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Idealism
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Spanning the twentieth century, this 4-volume set contains titles originally published between 1935 and 1990. The volumes explore the concept of Idealism from its roots in the theories of Plato, discussing many other philosophers and their perspectives, as views have developed through the centuries, to more modern interpretations.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Volume 1
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Original Title
Original Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Part I An outline of the issues
1 The options
2 Berkeley’s system
3 The nature of anti-realism
Part II The topic-neutrality thesis
4 The inscrutability of matter
Appendix: The powers-thesis
5 Matter in space
6 The confinement of qualia
7 Mentalistic realism
Part III The refutation of realism
8 Nomological deviance
9 A defence of the nomological thesis
10 Spatial anti-realism
11 Full anti-realism
Part IV The case for phenomenalism
12 The rejection of the isomorphism-requirement
13 The principles of creation
14 The challenge of nihilism
15 The two frameworks
Part V The nature of time
16 The construction of inter-subjective time
17 The underlying reality
Notes
Index
Volume 2
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Original Title
Original Copyright
Dedication
Preface
Contents
Introduction
I. The Concrete Universal
A. The Abstract Universal
B. The Theory of Rational Activity
C. The Theory of Rational Activity Continued: Spheres of Rational Activity
D. Rational Activity and the Concrete Universal
II. F. H. Bradley’s Theory of Morality
A. Morality as Self-Realization
B. The Social Self
C. The Ideal Self
D. Morality and Religion
III. T. H. Green’s Theory of Morality
A. Thought and Experience
B. Rational Activity and Morality
C. Moral Theory and Moral Practice
IV. T. H. Green’s Political Philosophy
A. Rights and Obligations
B. The Theory of the State
C. The Scope and Limits of Government Action
V. The Theory of the Absolute F. H. Bradley and Bernard Bosanquet
A. F. H. Bradley
B. Bernard Bosanquet
C. Idealism without the Absolute
VI. Humanistic Idealism
A. Knowledge as an Integral Part of Rational Activity
B. Knowledge as the Object of Rational Activity
C. Philosophy
VII. Bernard Bosanquet’s Political Philosophy
A. The Real Will
B. Bosanquet’s Theory of the State
C. Points of Permanent Significance in Bosanquet’s Political Philosophy
VIII. The Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics of Josiah Royce
A. The Theory of Loyalty
B. The Nature of Being
C. The Place of Nature and Humanity in Being
D. Royce and Humanistic Idealism
Appendix 1: Sources of Quotations in the Text
Appendix 2: Selected Bibliography in Idealist Philosophy
Volume 3
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Original Title
Original Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Chapter I. Petrarch
Chapter II. Petrarch to Ficino
Chapter III. Marsilio Ficino and the Platonic Academy of Florence
Chapter IV. The Medici Circle (1): Poliziano, Lorenzo de’ Medici, Girolamo Benivieni
Chapter V. The Medici Circle (2): The Poema Visione
Chapter VI. The Trattato d’Amore
Chapter VII. Neoplatonism and the Arts
Chapter VIII. The Lyric: Michelangelo
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
Volume 4
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Original Title
Dedication
Original Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Introduction
A. Tragedy
B. Logos
C. Techne
Chapter 1: Logos is Unconditionally Good
A. The Classic Assertion
(1) Aristotle's Vision
(2) The Protreptic Logos
(3) The Indirect Argument
B. The Critique of Logos
(1) Protagoras
(2) Descartes’ Provisional Morality
(3) Spinoza’s Critique of Teleology
C. The Response of Logos
(1) The Argument from Self-Reference
(2) Techne and the Good
(3) Poeticism
Chapter 2: Is Logos Unconditionally Good?
A. Cleitophon’s Accusation
B. Eros and Logos
C. The Philosopher and the Poet
Chapter 3: Logos Is Conditionally Good
A. The Impossibility of Philosophical Dialogue
(1) Philosophical Dialogue
(2) Aristotle and the Principle of Noncontradiction
(3) The Misologists
B. Paradigms of Play
(1) The Athlete and the Child
(2) The Philosopher and the Poet (Continued)
(3) The Protreptic Logos (Continued)
C. Questions
(1) Eros and Logos (Continued)
(2) Asking Questions
Epilogue
Notes
Index