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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Queloz, Matthieu, 1989- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Idea (Philosophy).

Genealogy (Philosophy).

Philosophy of mind.

Physical Description:

1 electronic resource (xii, 281 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Genealogy as conceptual reverse-engineering

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Why We Came to Think as We Do

The Benefits of Reverse-Engineering

When Genealogy Is Called For

Ideas as Remedies to Inconveniences: David Hume

A Genetic History of Thought: Friedrich Nietzsche

Loosening the Need-Concept Tie: Edward Craig

The Uses of Intrinsic Value: Bernard Williams

A Political and Ameliorative State of Nature: Miranda Fricker

The Normative Significance of Pragmatic Genealogies

Ideas Worth Having

Notes:

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 10, 2021).

ISBN:

0-19-263932-3

0-19-263933-1

0-19-190517-8

OCLC:

1247122789