British Idealism and Social Explanation: A Study in Late Victorian Thought

by Sandra M. Den Otter

Idealism became the dominant philosophical school of thought in late nineteenth-century Britain. In this original and stimulating study, Sandra den Otter examines its roots in Greek and German thinking and locates it among the prevalent methodologies and theories of the period: empiricism and
positivism, naturalism, evolution, and utilitarianism. In particular, she sets it in the context of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century debate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198206003
• ISBN13: 9780198206002
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"