The logic of the history of ideas / Mark Bevir.

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Bevir, Mark

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text

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computer

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online resource

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0511003471
9780511003479
0511149247
9780511149245
0511051360
9780511051364
9780511490446
0511490445
1107111196
9781107111196
1280432365
9781280432361
0511171846
9780511171840

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Logic of the history of ideas.DDC classification:

190 21

LOC classification:

B822 .B48 1999eb

Other classification:

02.02
15.10

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Contents:

On analytic philosophy -- On meaning -- On objectivity -- On belief -- On synchronic explanation -- On diachronic explanation -- On distortions -- Conclusion.

Summary: 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.

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

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.

On analytic philosophy -- On meaning -- On objectivity -- On belief -- On synchronic explanation -- On diachronic explanation -- On distortions -- Conclusion.