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The Practical Origins of Ideas: Genealogy as Conceptual Reverse-Engineering

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The Practical Origins of Ideas: Genealogy as Conceptual Reverse-Engineering - Queloz, Matthieu
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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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The Practical Origins of Ideas: Genealogy as Conceptual Reverse-Engineering 2021, Oxford University Press, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780198868705

Hardcover