Collingwood and the Metaphysics of Experience

Giuseppina D'Oro is lecturer in philosophy at the University of Keele, UK.

'The book is a beautifully written, well-argued and controversial contribution to some fundamental debates in Collingwood scholarship. It locates and connects Collingwood's work in relation to key issues of twentieth century philosophy and convincingly makes the case for his continuing philosophical relevance.' - The Philosopher's Magazine'A close reading of Collingwood through the foil of Kantian philosophy ... a remarkable book.' - Colloquy' ... this book provides a new and very interesting departure in Collingwood studies.' - Collingwood and British Idealism Studies

• Preface, List of abbreviations, Introduction, 1. Collingwood and the metaphysics of experience, 2. The Kantian heritage of Collingwood’s descriptive metaphysics, 3. Collingwood and the realism/anti-realism debate, 4. Collingwood’s anti-naturalism, 5. Collingwood’s ‘rehabilitation’ of the ontological proof, 6. Collingwood and the radical conversion hypothesis, 7. Collingwood and the project of naturalised epistemology, 8. The Idea of History as a branch of descriptive metaphysics, 9. Collingwood’s philosophy of mind and action, 10. Conclusion: Collingwood and the nature of philosophical knowledge, Notes, Bibliography, Index