Peter Skagestad has taught Philosophy at Williams College, Trinity College, Hartford, Northeastern University, and the University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA. He is the author of Making Sense of History: The Philosophies of Popper and Collingwood and The Road of Inquiry: Charles Peirce’s Pragmatic Realism. He lives outside of Boston with his wife Elaine.

This is an ambitious, lively and well-written overview of Collingwood’s philosophy. Its ultimate focus is upon the light that Collingwood throws upon our own civilization, society and politics.

• Introduction1. Life and Work2. Early Works 3. Philosophical Method 4. Historical Understanding 5. The Principles of Art6. Question and Answer7. The Doctrine of Absolute Presuppositions 8. Politics, Society, and Civilization NotesBibliographyIndex

Peter Skagestad has taught Philosophy at Williams College, Trinity College, Hartford, Northeastern University, and the University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA. He is the author of Making Sense of History: The Philosophies of Popper and Collingwood and The Road of Inquiry: Charles Peirce’s Pragmatic Realism. He lives outside of Boston with his wife Elaine.

This is an ambitious, lively and well-written overview of Collingwood’s philosophy. Its ultimate focus is upon the light that Collingwood throws upon our own civilization, society and politics.

• Introduction1. Life and Work2. Early Works 3. Philosophical Method 4. Historical Understanding 5. The Principles of Art6. Question and Answer7. The Doctrine of Absolute Presuppositions 8. Politics, Society, and Civilization NotesBibliographyIndex

Peter Skagestad has taught Philosophy at Williams College, Trinity College, Hartford, Northeastern University, and the University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA. He is the author of Making Sense of History: The Philosophies of Popper and Collingwood and The Road of Inquiry: Charles Peirce’s Pragmatic Realism. He lives outside of Boston with his wife Elaine.

This is an ambitious, lively and well-written overview of Collingwood’s philosophy. Its ultimate focus is upon the light that Collingwood throws upon our own civilization, society and politics.

• Introduction1. Life and Work2. Early Works 3. Philosophical Method 4. Historical Understanding 5. The Principles of Art6. Question and Answer7. The Doctrine of Absolute Presuppositions 8. Politics, Society, and Civilization NotesBibliographyIndex