The Formative Years of R. G. Collingwood

One The Family Background and Formal Education of R. G. Collingwood.- I. Introduction: A Sketch of R. G. Collingwood’s Career and Major Interests.- 1. Family Background and Education at Home (1889–1902).- 2. Formal Education at Rugby and Oxford (1902–1912).- 3. Three Periods as a Writer in Philosophy (1912–1943).- 4. Major Interests and Hobbies.- II. John Ruskin as an Inspiration for W. G. Collingwood and R. G. Collingwood.- 1. Ruskin’s Early Life (1819–1845).- 2. Art, Religion, Science, and History as Pursuits of the Mature Ruskin (1845–1900).- 3. W. G. Collingwood as Mediator Between Ruskin and R. G. Collingwood.- III. The Literae Humaniores Program at Oxford and R. G. Collingwood’s Response to It.- 1. The Curriculum of the Litevae Humaniores Program and Some of Its Distinguished Graduates (1859–1925).- 2. R. G. Collingwood’s Response to the Literae Humaniores Program (1909–1943).- IV. R. G. Collingwood’s Research in the Archaeology of Roman Britain.- 1. His Pursuit of Roman Archaeology 1911–1939.- 2. Influence of His Research in Archaeology on His Work in Philosophy.- Two The Unfolding of Collingwood’s Approach to Philosophy 1913–1923.- V. Collingwood’s Religion and Philosophy (1916).- 1. Collingwood’s Polemic Against Empirical Psychology.- 2. The Conception of Philosophy in Religion and Philosophy.- 3. Collingwood’s Intended Audience for His Works.- VI. Two Pivotal Essays: “The Devil” (1916) and Ruskin’s Philosophy (1919/1922).- 1. A Radical Doctrine of Freedom of the Will in “The Devil”.- 2. Collingwood’s Portrait of Ruskin as a Synthetic Mind in Ruskin’s Philosophy.- 3. Similarities Between Collingwood and His Portrait of Ruskin.- VII. Benedetto Croce as a Foil to R. G. Collingwood.- 1. Croce and Collingwood: A Comparison.- 2. Croce versus Michael Oakeshott as a Foil to Collingwood.- 3. Croce’s Early Career (1866–1900).- 4. Croce’s Philosophy of Culture (1901–1915).- 5. Croce’s Introduction into England (1907–1920).- VII. The Influence of Croce, Gentile, and Vico on Collingwood During the Early 1920’s.- 1. Collingwood’s Critique of Croce in “Croce’s Philosophy of History” (1921).- 2. Collingwood’s Assessment of Gentile in “Can the New Idealism Dispense with Mysticism?” (1923).- 3. The Relative Influence of Croce, Gentile, Vico, and Ruskin on the Early Collingwood.- Three Speculum Mentis (1924): A Description of the five Forms of Experience.- IX. General Characteristics of Speculum Mentis.- 1. Collingwood’s Attitude Toward It and Aims in Undertaking It.- 2. The Five Forms of Experience and the Technique for Describing Them.- 3. Literary Allusions in Speculum Mentis.- X. Art and Religion as Elementary Forms of Experience.- 1. Characteristics of Art.- 2. Characteristics of Religion.- 3. Collingwood and Freud as Explorers of the Mind.- XI. Science as the Third Form of Experience.- 1. Characteristics of Science.- 2. Collingwood’s Lack of Experience in the Natural Sciences and Its Consequences.- XII. History and Philosophy as the Culminating Forms of Experience.- 1. Characteristics of History.- 2. Collingwood’s Difficulties in Characterizing Philosophy.- Four R. G. Collingwood’s Isolation in Twentieth Century Thought.- XIII. R. G. Collingwood’s Place in the History of Ideas (1900–1925).- 1. The Place of the Early Collingwood Among Thinkers of His Day.- 2. General Causes of Collingwood’s Intellectual Isolation.- XIV. Conclusion: R. G. Collingwood’s Intellectual Loneliness after 1924 and its Roots in His Ruskinian Education.- Appendices.