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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.

Idea (Philosophy) --- Genealogy (Philosophy) --- Philosophy of mind. --- Mind, Philosophy of --- Mind, Theory of --- Theory of mind --- Philosophy --- Cognitive science --- Metaphysics --- Philosophical anthropology --- Genealogy in philosophy --- Methodology --- Philosophy, Modern --- Ideas, Theory of --- Ideas (Philosophy) --- Theory of ideas --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Memetics --- concepts, genealogy, pragmatism, state of nature, history, David Hume, Friedrich Nietzsche, Edward Craig, Bernard Williams, Miranda Fricker