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Essentialism and Human Nature. Excerpts from “Unfinished Dialogue”

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  1. Isaiah Berlin
  2. Beata Polanowska-Sygulska

Między ludzką naturą a esencjalizmem. Fragmenty „Unfinished Dialogue”

Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, nr 2(11)/2015, s. 5-19

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Abstract

The text consists of the excerpts from a book „Unfinished Dialogue” by Isaiah Berlin and Beata Polanowska-Sygulska published in New York in 2006. The passages include one of the letters that the British philosopher wrote to Beata Polanowska-Sygulska in 1986, printed earlier in „The New York Review of Books”, and a transcript from a discussion between Isaiah Berlin, Beata Polanowska-Sygulska and John Gray that took place in 1988.

Keywords

  • Isaiah Berlin
  • Unfinished Dialogue
  • essentialism
  • human nature (English title
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Issue nr 2(11)/2015

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5-19
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I. Berlin, B. Polanowska-Sygulska, Essentialism and Human Nature. Excerpts from “Unfinished Dialogue”, „Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej” nr 2(11)/2015, s. 5–19, DOI: 10.36280/afpifs.2015.2.5