Collingwood (British philosopher and Archeaologist, 1889-1943). Professor of Metaphysics at Pembroke College, Oxford University. Collingwood wrote widely on many areas of philosophy and is best known for his books The Idea of History (posthumous) and The Principles of Art (1938). The central theme of Collingwood's philosophy of history is the view that the history practiced by historians is primarily a study of the minds of the historical agents under investigation. Historians cannot understand their subjects from an external objective perspective, but must strive to think the thoughts of those they study. Collingwood was also influential in aesthetics where he developed Croce's view that artworks are fundamentally expressions of emotion. He argued that although art was expressive by nature it could serve epistemological, metaphysical and social functions. Other major writings include: Speculum Mentis, Metaphysics, and Philosophical Method. (Anonymous contributor)
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