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041			_aEnglish
082			_223 _a192 _bBERC
100			_aIsalah Berlin _953414
245			_aConcepts and Categories: Philosophical Essays
260			_aOxford _bOxford University Press _c1980
300			_axviii,206 p. _bPB _c19.5x12.5 cm.
520			_aThe goal of philosophy is always the same, to assist men to understand themselves and thus to operate in the open, not wildly in the dark."--Isaiah Berlin This volume of Isaiah Berlin's essays presents the sweep of his contributions to philosophy from his early participation in the debates surrounding logical positivism to his later work, which more evidently reflects his life-long interest in political theory, the history of ideas, and the philosophy of history. Here Berlin describes his view of the nature of philosophy, and of its main task: to uncover the various models and presuppositions--the concepts and categories--that men bring to their existence and that help form that existence. Throughout, his writing is informed by his intense consciousness of the plurality of values, the nature of historical understanding, and of the fragility of human freedom in the face of rigid dogma.
650			_aPhilosophy _953415
650			_aLogic _953416
650			_aPhilosophy, British _953417
650			_aPhilosophy, Modern _953418
700			_aBERLIN (Isaiah) _953419
700			_aHARDY (Henry) Ed _953420
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