Abstract

Foreword to the second edition / by Alasdair MacIntyre -- Editor's preface -- Author's preface -- Introduction by Bernard Williams -- The purpose of philosophy -- Verification -- Empirical propositions and hypothetical statements -- Logical translation -- Equality -- The concept of scientific history -- Does political theory still exist? -- From hope and fear set free -- Appendix to the second edition -- Made of wax after all -- My philosophical views -- Interview on concepts and categories -- Logical positivism -- The rationality of value judgements -- Is a philosophy of history possible? -- Pluralism and liberalism -- The philosophy of Charles Taylor -- Index / by Douglas Matthews.