Friday, September 20, 2019

"A personal overview of Collingwood’s New Leviathan" by David Pierce: A brief cover note

This will complete a Collingwood trifecta today (aren't you lucky!). This one is by David Pierce, an American logician and mathematician who teaches in Turkey. I just discovered his blog a couple of days ago, and he has a wide range of interests, not the least of which is the philosophy of R.G. Collingwood. The post linked below marks the beginning of a careful walk through the last work published in Collingwood's life, The New Leviathan. I've only begun my trek through this series of posts, but Pierces's commentary adds a delicate sauce to Collingwood's sometimes Spartan sentences. (N.B., Collingwood is a fine stylist and often a pleasure to read, but in NL, he adopts a leaner form and style.)
Enjoy!
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These are the notes of an amateur of the work of the philosopher R. G. Collingwood. Published in 1942, The New Leviathan was the last book that…

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