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British idealism was a philosophical movement that was influential in Britain during the mid to late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The leading figures in the movement were T.H. Green (1836-1882), F.H. Bradley (1846-1924), and Bernard Bosanquet (1848-1923). They were succeeded by the second generation of J. M. E. McTaggart, H. H. Joachim, J. H. Muirhead, and G. R. G. Mure. The doctrines of British idealism so provoked the young Cambridge philosophers G. E. Moore and Bertrand Russell that they gave birth to analytic philosophy.
Though much more variegated than some commentaries would seem to suggest, British idealism was generally marked by several broad tendencies: a belief in an Absolute (a single all-encompassing reality that in some sense formed a coherent and all-inclusive system); the assignment of a high place to reason as both the faculty by which the Absolute's structure is grasped and as that structure itself; and a fundamental unwillingness to accept a dichotomy between thought and object, reality consisting of thought-and-object together in a strongly coherent unity.
In some sense this movement was a development of the German Idealist movement -- particularly such philosophers as Immanuel Kant and G.W.F. Hegel, who were characterised by Green, among others, as the salvation of British philosophy after the alleged demise of empiricism. The movement was certainly a reaction against the thinking of John Locke, David Hume, John Stuart Mill, Henry Sidgwick, and other utilitarians. Some of those involved would have denied any specific influence, particularly in respect of Hegel. Nevertheless, James Hutchison Stirling's book The Secret of Hegel is believed to have won significant converts in Britain.
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@GreeGreece GERMAN mathematicians but in Logic: Meinong, Frege...BTW what about british idealism? Berkeley (O, Irish). It is not accurate to
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@GreeGreece GERMAN mathematicians but in Logic: Meinong, Frege...BTW what about british idealism? Berkeley (O, Irish). It is not accurate to
British Idealism Research Page - Resource site with annotated links to information about the movement and its chief thinkers.
Collingwood and British Idealism Centre - Institute at Cardiff University which works to advance scholarship in this field. Includes mission statement, searchable catalogue and list of available publications.
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Political Studies Association: British Idealism Specialist Group - Information on the objectives of this special interest group, as well as upcoming events and membership.
Studies in Comparative Philosophy: The Neo-Hegelians - Swami Krishnananda evaluates the work of the British Idealists, including Bradley and Green.
Meta Description: [ Studies in Comparative Philosophy - A systematic study of the principle thinkers in the field of philosophy in the West in the light of the Vedanta doctrine of the East. ]
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