Bernard Bosanquet and the Legacy of British Idealism (Toronto Studies in Philosophy)

## Metaphysics and Religion 7 The Balance of Extremes: Metaphysics, Nature, and Morals in the Later Philosophy of Bernard Bosanquet 147 leslie armour 8 Bosanquet and Religion 178 t.l.s. sprigge Moral and Political Philosophy 9 Bosanquet and State Action 209 peter nicholson 10 Bosanquet, Perfectionism, and Distributive Justice 232 kevin sullivan Legacy 11 A New Leviathan among the Idealists: R.G. Collingwood and the Legacy of Idealism 247 james connelly 12 Bosanquet on the Ontology of Logic and the Method of Scientific Inquiry 267 fred wilson Bibliography 297 Index 309 vi Contents Contributors

Bernard Bosanquet (1848–1923) was one of the leading figures of the idealist movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and in his obituary in the London Times, was described as having been ‘the central figure of British philosophy for an entire generation.’

Bosanquet's views fell out of favour in the decades after his death, but recently there has been a lively renewal of interest in European and British Idealism, the Idealist approach being recognized as providing valuable insights for contemporary debates in political philosophy, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, and logic. Idealism also serves as a bridge between the dominant philosophical traditions of twentieth century Anglo-American and continental thought, and, indeed, Bosanquet was among the first British philosophers to address the work of Benedetto Croce, Giovanni Gentile, and Edmund Husserl and to introduce these thinkers to an English-language audience.

In Bernard Bosanquet and the Legacy of British Idealism, William Sweet and other leading scholars examine Bosanquet's contribution to some of philosophy's central questions. They provide a solid introduction to British Idealism and the idealist movement as a whole, and bring the scholarship on Bosanquet fully up-to-date.

Bernard Bosanquet (1848–1923) was one of the leading figures of the idealist movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and in his obituary in the London Times, was described as having been ‘the central figure of British philosophy for an entire generation.’

Bosanquet's views fell out of favour in the decades after his death, but recently there has been a lively renewal of interest in European and British Idealism, the Idealist approach being recognized as providing valuable insights for contemporary debates in political philosophy, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, and logic. Idealism also serves as a bridge between the dominant philosophical traditions of twentieth century Anglo-American and continental thought, and, indeed, Bosanquet was among the first British philosophers to address the work of Benedetto Croce, Giovanni Gentile, and Edmund Husserl and to introduce these thinkers to an English-language audience.

In Bernard Bosanquet and the Legacy of British Idealism, William Sweet and other leading scholars examine Bosanquet's contribution to some of philosophy's central questions. They provide a solid introduction to British Idealism and the idealist movement as a whole, and bring the scholarship on Bosanquet fully up-to-date.

Bernard Bosanquet (1848-1923) was one of the leading figures of the idealist movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and in his obituary in the London Times, was described as having been 'the central figure of British philosophy for an entire generation.' Bosanquet's views fell out of favour in the decades after his death, but recently there has been a lively renewal of interest in European and British Idealism, the Idealist approach being recognized as providing valuable insights for contemporary debates in political philosophy, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, and logic. Idealism also serves as a bridge between the dominant philosophical traditions of twentieth century Anglo-American and continental thought, and, indeed, Bosanquet was among the first British philosophers to address the work of Benedetto Croce, Giovanni Gentile, and Edmund Husserl and to introduce these thinkers to an English-language audience. In Bernard Bosanquet and the Legacy of British Idealism, William Sweet and other leading scholars examine Bosanquet's contribution to some of philosophy's central questions. They provide a solid introduction to British Idealism and the idealist movement as a whole, and bring the scholarship on Bosanquet fully up-to-date Contents 5 Contributors 7 Introduction: Rediscovering Bosanquet 11 History 43 1. ‘The Restoration of a Citizen Mind’: Bernard Bosanquet and the Charity Organisation Society 43 2. Social Holism and Communal Individualism: Bosanquet and Durkheim 60 Logic 83 3. Bosanquet and the Problem of Inference 83 4. Bosanquet, Idealism, and the Justification of Induction 100 Aesthetics and Education 123 5. Bosanquet, Aesthetics, and Education: Warding off Stupidity with Art 123 6. Bosanquet, Santayana, and Aesthetics 137 Metaphysics and Religion 157 7. The Balance of Extremes: Metaphysics, Nature, and Morals in the Later Philosophy of Bernard Bosanquet 157 8. Bosanquet and Religion 188 Moral and Political Philosophy 219 9. Bosanquet and State Action 219 10. Bosanquet, Perfectionism, and Distributive Justice 242 Legacy 257 11. A New Leviathan among the Idealists: R.G. Collingwood and the Legacy of Idealism 257 12. Bosanquet on the Ontology of Logic and the Method of Scientific Inquiry 277 Bibliography 307 Index 319 "In Bernard Bosanquet and the Legacy of British Idealism, William Sweet and other leading scholars examine Bosanquet's contribution to some of philosophy's central questions. They provide a solid introduction to British idealism and the idealist movement as a whole, and bring the scholarship on Bosanquet fully up-to-date."--Jacket