The practical origins of ideas : genealogy as conceptual reverse-engineering /

Why did such highly abstract ideas as truth, knowledge, or justice become so important to us? What was the point of coming to think in these terms? Matthieu Queloz presents a method for answering such questions: pragmatic genealogy. We can make sense of these grand abstractions by identifying their...

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Genealogy as conceptual reverse-engineering
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Queloz, Matthieu
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Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
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Why did such highly abstract ideas as truth, knowledge, or justice become so important to us? What was the point of coming to think in these terms? Matthieu Queloz presents a method for answering such questions: pragmatic genealogy. We can make sense of these grand abstractions by identifying their roots in concrete practical concerns.
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1 electronic resource (xii, 281 pages).
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This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)"--Home page.
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
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English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-263932-3
0-19-263933-1
0-19-190517-8
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