EXCHANGING IDEAS

Authors: Bevir M.; Ankersmit F.

Source: Rethinking History, Volume 4, Number 3, 1 December 2000 , pp. 351-372(22)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

In this debate Mark Bevir and Frank Ankersmit continue their discussion of Bevir's The Logic of the History of Ideas. There are two related areas of contention: 1) the notion of intention and its use for a correct understanding of the writing of the history of ideas and 2) the question how deep the (ontological and/or epistemological) gap runs separating us from the past.

Keywords: MEANING; INTENTION; THE; HISTORY; OF; IDEAS; THE; PAST'S; STRANGENESS; DAVIDSON; DONALD; CHARITY; PRINCIPLE