This is what in the preceding chapter I called being 'ticklish in one's absolute presuppositions'; and the reader will see that this ticklishness is a sign of intellectual health combined with a low degree of analytical skill. A man who is ticklish in that way is a man who knows, 'instinctively' as they say,that absolute presuppositions do not need justification. In my own experience I have found that when natural scientists express hatred of 'metaphysics' they are usually expressing this dislike of having their absolute presuppositions touched. I respect it, and admire them for it; though I do not expect scientists who give way to it to rise very high in the scientific world. (查看原文)
It became evident that when eighteenth-century historians spoke of nature as the cause of historical events what they ought to have said, and would have said if their graspon historical method had been firmer, was that man's historical activities were eanditioned not by natureitself but by what he was able to make of nature. And since what man makes of nature depends on man's own historical achievements, such as the arts of agriculture and navigation, the so-called conditioning of history by nature is in reality a conditioning of history by itself. (查看原文)
In the preface of this “essay” Collingwood explicitly, as elsewhere, explains that his purpose is to “explain what metaphysics is, why it is necessary to the well-being and advancement of knowledge, and how it is to be pursued.” I’ll summarize his argu...
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What is Metaphysics? According to Genus-Differentia Principle, there are always something more universal and more particule and the most universal subject is pure being itself. For a normal science, it must have a, subject matter; b, systematic thinking. A ...
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0 有用 李明 2013-07-13 20:50:23
由于酷暑难熬，主要是游戏欲过于旺盛，导致最后的两个例证实在不想看了，于是就暂且标记上，而且作为一个例外（没有看完而标记看过），以表示对于自己的鄙视吧。当然在回家之前理应看完的书不仅仅这一本，还有至少三本，好了，反正没有看完！至于本书，从他自己的视角讲了什么是形而上学，也就是研究绝对预设的，但是绝对预设本身并没有正确与错误之分，整本书最核心的乃是第四章《论预设》。
0 有用 [已注销] 2019-05-12 13:05:41
选择读了几章，精华确实是论预设的几章
0 有用 Panda 2021-11-22 16:50:06
p9因此它所从属的那些普遍为的急促，第一和最终的普遍物、纯粹的存在，是其他所有的普遍物的直接的或间接的基础，第一科学或最终的科学就是热呢和其他科学所研究的一切的最终的逻辑基础。其他一切的逻辑基础的通常名称是上帝。就与其他科学的关系而言，这门科学的最恰当、最明确、最容易理解的名称是第一科学或智慧，告诉了我们它是关于什么的名称则是神学。 p12纯粹存在的普遍性代表了抽象过程的界限。即使所有的科学都是抽... p9因此它所从属的那些普遍为的急促，第一和最终的普遍物、纯粹的存在，是其他所有的普遍物的直接的或间接的基础，第一科学或最终的科学就是热呢和其他科学所研究的一切的最终的逻辑基础。其他一切的逻辑基础的通常名称是上帝。就与其他科学的关系而言，这门科学的最恰当、最明确、最容易理解的名称是第一科学或智慧，告诉了我们它是关于什么的名称则是神学。 p12纯粹存在的普遍性代表了抽象过程的界限。即使所有的科学都是抽象的，也并不能得出科学被推至极限时科学仍是可能的。抽象意味着取出。但科学研究的不是取出来的东西而是留下来的东西；当一切都被取出来的时候，科学就没有什么科研究的了。对于这种虚无，你想怎么称呼就怎么称呼——纯粹存在，上帝，或是任何什么东西——但它仍然是虚无，不具有任何特性以供科学检验。 (展开)
1 有用 法克斯Fox 2009-09-07 22:29:33
莫非柯林伍德跟某位心理学家有私人恩怨吗
1 有用 任真 2016-06-28 17:42:23
第四章“预设论”最精彩。