The Logic of the History of Ideas

Mark Bevir (University of California, Berkeley)

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English

Cambridge University Pres
25 September 2002

Philosophy; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; History of ideas

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.

By: Mark Bevir (University of California Berkeley)
Imprint: Cambridge University Pres
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 565g
ISBN: 9780521016841
ISBN 10: 0521016843
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 25 September 2002
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for The Logic of the History of Ideas

...ambitious and well-reasoned book...[Bevir] gives us a more valuable - if less ground-breaking - book. It is more valuable precisely because it engages the methodological and phenomenological literatuer to a degree that a rigidly defined 'logic' would not...this worthwhile study should be of interest not only to philosophers of the history of ideas but also to those who see themselves primarily as practicing historians of ideas. The Review of Politics