Volume 1 includes essays on spinoza descartes bradley collingwood russell moore and popper as well as two previously unpublished papers on the history of philosophy as a discipline and on ryle and wittgensteins nature of philosophy linked by donagans commitment to the central importance of history for philosophy and his interest in problems of historical understanding these essays represent the remarkable scope of donagans thought. The philosophical papers of alan donagan volumes 1 and 2 collect 28 of donagans most important and best known essays on historical understanding and ethics from 1957 to 1991 volume 1 includes essays on spinoza descartes bradley collingwood russell moore and popper as well as two previously unpublished papers on the history of philosophy as a discipline and on ryle and wittgensteins nature of philosophy. The philosophical papers of alan donagan volume 1 historical understanding and the history of philosophy. The philosophical papers of alan donagan v 1 historical understanding and the history of philosophy 001 donagan amazoncomau books. Contents v 1 historical understanding and the history of philosophy v 2 action reason and value