An essay on metaphysics

An Essay on Metaphysics is one of the major works of the Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R.G. Collingwood (1889-1943). First published in 1940, it is a broad-ranging work in which Collingwood considers the nature of philosophy, especially of metaphysics. He puts forward his well-known doctrine of absolute pre-suppositions, expounds a logic of question and answer, and gives an account of causation.In this new edition the complete original text is accompanied by three previously unpublished essays by Collingwood which should prove of interest to any serious student of his thought.