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Book SynopsisIncludes essays that presents the sweep of author's 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.
Trade Review"Being a man of the liveliest and most ingenious intellect, [Berlin] must wish that reason could do more to transform the human condition radically and quickly; being a man of common sense he knows it cannot."--Edward Crankshaw, The Observer "He left the moral quality of his voice behind him, in the long tumbling paragraphs and the clauses within clauses of his best essays, and it is to these that we can turn when we need to remind ourselves what intellectual life can be: joyful, free of illusion, and vitally alive."--Michael Ignatieff, The New York Review of Books
Table of ContentsForeword by Alasdair MacIntyre xi Editor's Preface xix Author's Preface xxv Introduction by Bernard Williams xxix The Purpose of Philosophy 1 Verification 15 Empirical Propositions and Hypothetical Statements 41 Logical Translation 72 Equality 106 The Concept of Scientific History 135 Does Political Theory Still Exist? 187 From Hope and Fear Set Free 226 Appendix to the Second Edition Made of Wax after All 261 My Philosophical Views 277 Interview on Concepts and Categories 284 Logical Positivism 305 The Rationality of Value Judgements 315 Is a Philosophy of History Possible? 318 Pluralism and Liberalism (with Bernard Williams) 325 The Philosophy of Charles Taylor 331 Index 335
