Books by R. G. (late Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy Collingwood

This text contains much of a final work on philosophy of history by the Oxford philosopher and historian R.G. Collingwood (1889-1943). It is accompanied by further, shorter writings by Collingwood on historical knowledge and inquiry.

A second revised edition of this title in which the author discusses the nature of philosophy and posits his theories of absolute presuppositions, causation and the logic of question and answer. Three other texts, previously unpublished, have been added to this volume, and expand on the original essay.

This text argues that traditional social contract theory does not account for the continuing existence of the non-social community and its relation to the social community in the body politic. It aims to establish links between the levels of consciousness, society, civilization, and barbarism.