The logic of the history of ideas

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The logic of the history of ideas

Mark Bevir

Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-329) and index

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Description

Human cultures generate meanings, and the history of ideas, broadly conceived, is the study of these meanings. An adequate theory of culture must therefore rest on a suitable philosophical enquiry into the nature of the history of ideas. Mark Bevir's book explores the forms of reasoning appropriate to the history of ideas, enhancing our understanding by grappling with central questions such as: What is a meaning? What constitutes objective knowledge of the past? What are beliefs and traditions? How can we explain why people held the beliefs they did? The book ranges widely over issues and theorists associated with post-analytic philosophy, post-modernism, hermeneutics, literary theory, political thought, and social theory.

Table of Contents

  • 1. On analytic philosophy
  • 2. On meaning
  • 3. On objectivity
  • 4. On belief
  • 5. On synchronic explanation
  • 6. On diachronic explanation
  • 7. On distortion
  • 8. Conclusion.

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  • NCID
    BA42248232
  • ISBN
    • 0521640342
  • LCCN
    98038079
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge, U.K. ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 337 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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