Historical Ontology |
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| Author:
| Hacking, Ian |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-01607-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2004 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $55.95 |
Book Description:
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Hacking here offers his reflections on the philosophical uses of history. The focus of this volume, which collects both recent and now-classic essays, is the historical emergence of concepts and objects, through new uses of words and sentences in specific settings, and new patterns or styles of reasoning within those sentences.
Hacking here offers his reflections on the philosophical uses of history. The focus of this volume, which collects both recent and now-classic essays, is the historical emergence of concepts and objects, through new uses of words and sentences in specific settings, and new patterns or styles of reasoning within those sentences.