Collingwood- An essay on metaphysics 1948

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1、OxfordUniversityPress,AmenHouse,LondonE.C..j..EDINBURGHGLASGOWNEWYORKTORONTOMELBOURNEWELLINGTONBOMBAYCALCUTTAMADRASCAPETOWNGeoffreyCumberlege,PublishertotheUniversityFIRSTEDITION1940ReprintedphotographicallyinGreatBritainattheOxfordUmversityPress,I948fromsheetsofthefirsteditionA

2、NESSAYONMETAPHYSICSBYR.G.COLLINGWOODOXFORDATTHECLARENDONPRESSPRINTEDINGREATBRITAINGENIOSANCTANDRENSIVMQVI•HAEC.SCRIPSITINTER·EOSDEM.ADLECTVSV!sPREFACETHISisnotsomuchabookofmetaphysicsasabookaboutmetaphysics.WhatIhavechieflytriedtodoinitisneithertoexpoundmyownmetaphysicalideas,no

3、rtocriticizethemetaphysicalideasofotherpeople;buttoexplainwhatmetaphysicsis,whyitisnecessarytothewell-beingandadvancementofknowledge,andhowitistobepursued.InthesecondplaceIhavetriedtodispelcertainmisconceptionsaboutitwhichhaveled(and,hadtheybeentrue,wouldhaveledwithperfectjustic

4、e)totheconclusionthatmetaphysicsisablindalleyofthoughtintowhichknavesandfoolshavecombinedthesemanycenturiespasttolurethehumanintellecttoitsdestruction.InthethirdplaceIhaveofferedtothereader'sattentionafewexamplesofmetaphysicsitself,inordertoshowhowmetaphysicalinquirywillbeconduc

5、tediftheprincipleslaiddownintheopeningchaptersaretakenassound.Theseexamplesoccupynearlyhalfthebook;buttheyaremeanttobeconsideredasformingnotitsmainbodybutakindofappendixorgroupofappen•diceswhichmightbecalled,asDescartescalledacorrespondingfeatureinabookofhisown,speciminaphilosop

6、handi.Oneofthem,thatoncausation,hasalreadybeenprintedinadifferent.shapeintheProceedingsoftheAristotelianSocietyforthepresentyear.TherearethreedebtsinconnexionwiththewritingviiiPREFACEofthisbookwhichIwishtorecord.FirsttotheUniversityofOxfordforayear'sleaveofabsenceonmedicalground

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