

An Essay on Philosophical Method contains the most sustained discussion in the twentieth century of the subject matter and method of philosophy and an unparalleled explanation of why philosophy has a distinctive domain of enquiry that differs from that of the sciences of nature...


"An Essay on Philosophical Method" is a 1933 treatise looking at the idea philosophy with reference to its definition, relevance, history, relationship with religion, and more. Robin George Collingwood, FBA (1889 - 1943) was an English historian, philosopher, and archaeologist...

James Connelly and Giuseppina D'Oro present a revised edition of R. G. Collingwood's classic work of 1933, supplementing the original text with important related writings from Collingwood's manuscripts which appear here for the first time. The editors also contribute a substantial...


"My best book in matter, in style. I may call it my only book." An Essay on Philosophical Method contains the most sustained discussion in the twentieth century of the subject matter and method of philosophy and an unparalleled explanation of why philosophy has...
