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1. • • In An Essay on Metaphysics (1940) he attacked the neo-empiricist assumptions prevalent in early analytic philosophy and advocated a logical transformation of metaphysics from a study of being or ontology to a study of the absolute presuppositions or heuristic principles which govern different forms of enquiry.
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   Jan 11, 2006 · Collingwood claims that when historians re-enact the thought of an historical agent, they do not re-enact a thought of a similar kind but the very same thought as the agent.

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3. brocku.ca › MeadProject › CollingwoodR. G. Collingwood: The Idea of History: Epilegomena: 1: Human ...

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   It is only by historical thinking that I can discover what I thought ten years ago, by reading what I then wrote, or what I thought five minutes ago, by reflecting on an action that I then did, which surprised me when I realized what I had done.

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   An act of thought is strictly individual and occurs, Collingwood says, ‘at a certain time, and in a certain context of other acts of thought, emotions, sensations, and so forth’. Thought in this sense he calls thought ‘in its immediacy’.

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5. www.age-of-the-sage.org › philosophy › historyR. G. Collingwood Idea of History - Age-of-the-Sage

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   During his career Collingwood attempted to integrate and understand human experience and knowledge, and to bring together history and philosophy. He considered that worthwhile historical studies must take on board, as a key aspect of their proper function, the goal of self-knowledge of the mind.

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   Historical thought, thought about rational activity, is free from the domination of natural science, and rational activity is free from the domination of nature. The intimacy of the connexion between these two discoveries might be expressed by saying that they are the same thing in different words.

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   Jan 11, 2006 · One of the most discussed aspects of Collingwood's account of re-enactment is the claim that when historians re-enact the thought of an historical agent, they do not re-enact a thought of a similar kind but the very same thought of the agent.

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   What does Collingwood say about thought?

   • An act of thought is strictly individual and occurs, Collingwood says, ‘at a certain time, and in a certain context of other acts of thought, emotions, sensations, and so forth’. Thought in this sense he calls thought ‘in its immediacy’.

   Introduction to Collingwood’s Philosophy of History

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   What does Collingwood say about human behavior?

   • Collingwood is unambiguous about this, and maintains that its pivotal aspect is the thought it embodies. That is, actions should be seen as expressions of thoughts, implying their rationality. In this human beings differ from animals, Collingwood avers, and it is accordingly this attribute the study of history is aimed at.

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   What is Collingwood's idea of history?

   • It is extensively described by him in the first four parts of The Idea of History, from Greco-Roman historiography to scientific history (IH, 14–204). In this account, especially in the part on scientific history, Collingwood frequently refers to what in his judgement are mistaken or fallacious ideas of history.

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   What does Collingwood say about second-order history?

   • 49. ‘It is only by his peers that any claimant to knowledge is judged’, Collingwood says in ‘Historical Evidence’ (IH, 252). 50. In Aut, 132, second-order history is put forward as a third principle of historical thinking, besides the ‘logic of question and answer’ and discerning the thoughts of historical agents.

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   When did John Collingwood write the idea of history?

   • His major work, The Idea of History, was published posthumously in 1946. In the introduction to The Idea of History Collingwood attempted to define a "philosophy of history" and discussed the nature, object, method and value of history.

   R. G. Collingwood Idea of History - Age-of-the-Sage

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   Why did John Collingwood study history?

   • During his career Collingwood attempted to integrate and understand human experience and knowledge, and to bring together history and philosophy. He considered that worthwhile historical studies must take on board, as a key aspect of their proper function, the goal of self-knowledge of the mind.

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9. academic.oup.com › book › 26163History as Re-Enactment: R. G. Collingwood's Idea of History

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   Mar 4, 1999 · A central motif of R. G. Collingwood's philosophy of history is the idea that historical understanding requires a re-enactment of past experience. However, there have been sharp disagreements about the acceptability of this idea, and even its meaning.