Idealism: The History of a Philosophy

by Jeremy Dunham, Iain Hamilton Grant, Sean Watson

Overview

Contents Introduction: Why Idealism Matters Part 1: Ancient Idealism 1. Parmenides and the Birth of Ancient Idealism 2. Plato and Neoplatonism Part 2: Early Modern Idealism 3. Phenomenalism and Idealism I: Descartes and Malebranche 4. Phenomenalism and Idealism II: Leibniz and Berkeley Part 3: German Idealism 5. Immanuel Kant: Cognition, Freedom and Teleology 6. Fichte and the System of Freedom 7. Philosophy of Nature and the Birth of Absolute Idealism: Schelling 8. Hegel and Hegelianism: Mind, Nature and Logic Part 4: British Idealism 9. British Absolute Idealism: From Green to Bradley 10. Personal Idealism: From Ward to McTaggart 11. Naturalist Idealism: Bernard Bosanquet 12. Criticisms and Persistent Misconceptions of Idealism 13. Actual Occasions and Eternal Objects: The Process Metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead. Part 5: Contemporary Idealisms 14. Autopoiesis: Idealist Biology I 15. Autonomous Agents: Idealist Biology II 16. Contemporary Philosophical Idealisms

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780773538375
Publisher:	McGill-Queens University Press
Publication date:	04/05/2011
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	343,753
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Jeremy Dunham, Iain Hamilton Grant, and Sean Watson are all members of the philosophy department at the University of the West of England.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Note on the text viii

Abbreviations ix

Introduction 1

I Ancient idealism

1 Parmenides and the birth of ancient idealism 10

2 Plato and Neoplatonism 19

II Idealism and early modern philosophy

3 Phenomenalism and idealism I: Descartes and Malebranche 34

4 Phenomenalism and idealism II: Lelbniz and Berkeley 59

III German Idealism

5 Immanuel Kant: cognition, freedom and teleology 89

6 Fichte and the system of freedom 116

7 Idealist philosophy of nature;F.W.J Schelling 129

8 Hegel and Hegelianism: mind, nature and logic 144

IV British idealism

9 British absolute idealism: from Green to Bradley 159

10 Personal idealism: from Ward to McTaggart 175

11 Naturalist idealism: Bernard Bosanquet 190

12 Criticisms and persistent misconceptions of idealism 201

13 Actual occasions and eternal objects: the process metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead 210

v Contemporary idealisms

14 Self-organization: the idea in late-twentieth-century science 223

15 Contemporary phoilosophical idealism 256

Notes 299

Bibliography 312

Index 327