Concepts and Categories: Philosophical Essays

Foreword by Alasdair MacIntyre xi Editor's Preface xix Author's Preface xxv Introduction by Bernard Williams xxix The Purpose of Philosophy 1 Verification 15 Empirical Propositions and Hypothetical Statements 41 Logical Translation 72 Equality 106 The Concept of Scientific History 135 Does Political Theory Still Exist? 187 From Hope and Fear Set Free 226 Appendix to the Second Edition Made of Wax after All 261 My Philosophical Views 277 Interview on Concepts and Categories 284 Logical Positivism 305 The Rationality of Value Judgements 315 Is a Philosophy of History Possible? 318 Pluralism and Liberalism (with Bernard Williams) 325 The Philosophy of Charles Taylor 331 Index 335