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MR. COLLINGWOOD has produced a profound and useful monograph which raises and discusses the question of what philosophy is and what methods should be used in approaching it. Owing to the variety of systems in existence, it may seem that classification should render some service to philosophy. Yet, the theory of classification, which may be applied to exact as well as to empirical sciences, cannot be rigidly applied to philosophical concepts. The deter mination of a scale of forms is the first objective of the philosopher. Then he must consider the quality of his judgments and of its inference in all their aspects; only then can he hope to build up a system atic whole and pass judgment on its value. The views expressed by the author require careful con sideration, as his suggestions will be found to be extremely important in a subject which appears to the layman, wrongly we believe, to be in a chronic state of chaos.
An Essay on Philosophical Method.
By R. G. Collingwood. Pp. xii + 227. (Oxford: Clarendon Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1933.) 10s. net.
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G., T. An Essay on Philosophical Method . Nature 134, 648 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134648c0
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