概念与范畴 Isaiah Berlin 以赛亚·柏林 哲学论文集 英文原版 Concepts and Categories: Philosophical Essay

基本信息

• Publisher ? : ? Princeton University Press; 2nd edition (November 10, 2013)
• Language ? : ? English
• Paperback ? : ? 384 pages
• ISBN-10 ? : ? 9780691157498
• ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-0691157498
• Item Weight ? : ? 13.1 ounces
• Dimensions ? : ? 5.25 x 1.25 x 8.25 inches

内容介绍

"哲学的目标始终如一，那就是帮助人们了解自己，从而在明处而不是在暗处行动。

以赛亚-伯林的这本论文集展示了他从早期参与围绕逻辑实证主义的争论到晚年对哲学的贡献，

更明显地反映了他毕生对政治理论、思想史和历史哲学的兴趣。在这里，柏林描述了他对哲学本质的看法，

以及哲学的主要任务：揭示人类为其存在带来的、有助于形成这种存在的各种模式和预设--概念和范畴。

自始至终，他对价值多元性、历史理解的本质以及人类自由在僵化教条面前的脆弱性都有着深刻的认识。

新版中增加了一些以前未曾收录的作品，进一步揭示了柏林的核心哲学问题，同时还收录了他与编辑和伯纳德-威廉姆斯就本书的创作过程所写的信件。

"The goal of philosophy is always the same, to assist men to understand themselves and thus to operate in the open, not wildly in the dark."--Isaiah Berlin


This volume of Isaiah Berlin's essays presents the sweep of his contributions to philosophy from his early participation in the debates surrounding logical positivism to his later work, which more evidently reflects his life-long interest in political theory, the history of ideas, and the philosophy of history. Here Berlin describes his view of the nature of philosophy, and of its main task: to uncover the various models and presuppositions--the concepts and categories--that men bring to their existence and that help form that existence. Throughout, his writing is informed by his intense consciousness of the plurality of values, the nature of historical understanding, and of the fragility of human freedom in the face of rigid dogma.


This new edition adds a number of previously uncollected pieces that throw further light on Berlin's central philosophical concerns, and a revealing exchange of letters with the editor and Bernard Williams about the genesis of the book.