Historical Ontology

by Ian Hacking

Book Overview

With the unusual clarity, distinctive and engaging style, and penetrating insight that have drawn such a wide range of readers to his work, Ian 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674016076
• ISBN13: 9780674016071
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.4"