The Logic of the History of Ideas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521016841)

This book provides a philosophical analysis of the reasoning appropriate to the history of ideas. It addresses three main questions: what sort of meanings do historians study? How can historians justify claims to have objective knowledge of such meanings? What sorts of explanations are appropriate to such meanings? By answering these questions Mark Bevir seeks to clarify the nature of the history of ideas so as to guide historians in their practice, and to illuminate the process by which human thought develops.

Author: Mark Bevir
ISBN-10: 0521016843
ISBN-13: 9780521016841
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/20/2002
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.00d