| Description |
xii, 337 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. On analytic philosophy -- 2. On meaning -- 3. On objectivity -- 4. On belief -- 5. On synchronic explanation -- 6. On diachronic explanation -- 7. On distortions -- 8. 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 |
| Notes |
Title from e-book title screen (viewed October 15, 2007) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-329) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Idea (Philosophy) -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Author |
MyiLibrary.
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| LC no. |
98038079 |
| ISBN |
0521640342 hb |
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