Anglo-American idealism: thinkers and ideas / [edited by] James Connelly and Stamatoula Panagakou

This volume is devoted to a critical discussion and re-appraisal of the work of Anglo-American Idealists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Idealism was the dominant philosophy in Britain and the entire English-speaking world during the last decades of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. The British Idealists made important contributions to logic, metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of history, philosophy of religion and philosophy of mind. Their legacy awaits further exploration and reassessment, and this book is a contribution to this task. The essays in this collection display many aspects of contemporary concern with idealistic philosophy: they range from treatments of logic to consideration of the Absolute, personal idealism, the philosophy of religion, philosophy of art, philosophy of action, and moral and political philosophy. During the first decade of the twenty-first century, the work of the Anglo-American Idealists has once again been widely discussed and re-considered, and new pathways of research and investigation have been opened. Contents 9 Acknowledgements xi 13 James Connelly and Stamatoula Panagakou Introduction 1 15 James W. Allard The Idealistic Transformation of Logic 15 29 Elizabeth TrottIs the Absolute Obsolete? Idealism in Transition in the Philosophy of Leslie Armour 35 49 Leslie Armour Rethinking the Absolute 53 67 Joseph P. McGinn The One, the Many, and the Infinite: Royce’s Quest for a Middle Way 75 89 Efraim Podoksik The Idealism of Young Oakeshott 85 99 Jan Olof Bengtsson Idealism and the Pantheistic Revolution: The ‘Big Picture’ and Why it is Needed 107 121 Stamatoula Panagakou The Kingdom of God on Earth: Religion and Ethics in the Philosophy of Bernard Bosanquet 133 147 T. l. s. Sprigge The Problem of Evil for Absolute Idealism 165 179 Karim Dharamsi Mind as Action: Reflections on Collingwood and the Cause–Reason Divide 181 195 Timothy Lord R. G. Collingwood’s Response to Oxbridge Meta-Ethics: Hierarchical Moral Pluralism 197 211 Derrick Darby Taking Individuals Seriously: New Liberalism and Rights 215 229 Chris Colgan The Ideal of Charity in the Realist Age 239 253 Gary Browning Collingwood, Hegel and the Owl of Minerva 267 281 Sverre Wide Absolute Presuppositions and the Limits of Reason: Some Aspects of the Philosophy of Collingwood 287 301 T J. Rosser Collingwood, Heidegger and the Art of Being 305 319 Marie-Luise Raters Art, Feeling and Truth: The Central Problem of the Aesthetics of Anglo-Saxon Idealism 329 343 Philip MacEwen Edward Caird, Northrop Frye and Kant Scholarship 357 371 Notes on Contributors 383 397 Index 387 401 Introduction The idealistic transformation of logic / James W. Allard Is the absolute obsolete? : idealism in transition in the philosophy of Leslie Armour / Elizabeth Trott Rethinking the absolute / Leslie Armour The one, the many, and the infinite : Royce's quest for a middle way / Joseph P. McGinn The idealism of young Oakeshott / Efraim Podoksik Idealism and the pantheistic revolution : the big picture and why it is needed / Jan Olof Bengtsson A mathematical reading of McTaggart's paradox / Domenico Mancuso The kingdom of God on earth : religion and ethics in the philosophy of Bernard Bosanquet / Stamatoula Panagakou The problem of evil for absolute idealism / Timothy Sprigge Trying not to take sides : dissolving the cause-reason divide / Karim Dharamsi R.G. Collingwood's response to Oxbridge meta-ethics : hierarchical moral pluralism / Timothy Lord Taking individuals seriously : new liberalism and rights / Derrick Darby The ideal of charity in the realist age / Chris Colgan Collingwood, Hegel and the owl of Minerva / Gary Browning Absolute presuppositions and the limits of reason : some aspects of the philosophy of Collingwood / Sverre Wide Collingwood, Heidegger and the art of being / Timothy Rosser Art, feeling, and truth : the central problem of the aesthetics of Anglo-Saxon idealism / Marie-Luise Raters Edward Caird, Northrop Frye, and Kant scholarship / Philip MacEwen.