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A Companion to Hermeneutics is a collection of original essays from
leading international scholars that provide a definitive historical
and critical compendium of philosophical hermeneutics. Â
Offers a definitive historical, systematic, and critical compendium
of hermeneutics Represents state-of-the-art thinking on the major
themes, topics, concepts and figures of the hermeneutic tradition
in philosophy and those who have influenced hermeneutic thought,
including Kant, Hegel, Schleiermacher Dilthey, Heidegger, Gadamer,
Ricoeur, Foucault, Habermas, and Rorty Explores the art and theory
of interpretation as it intersects with a number of philosophical
and inter-disciplinary areas, including humanism, theology,
literature, politics, education and law Features contributions from
an international cast of leading and upcoming scholars, who offer
historically informed, philosophically comprehensive, and
critically astute contributions in their individual fields of
expertise Written to be accessible to interested non-specialists,
as well asprofessional philosophers
The Gadamer Dictionary is a comprehensive and accessible guide to
the world of Hans-Georg Gadamer. Meticulously researched and
extensively cross-referenced, this unique book covers all his major
works, ideas and influences and provides a firm grounding in the
central themes of Gadamers thought. Students will discover a wealth
of useful information, analysis and criticism. A-Z entries include
clear definitions of all the key terms used in Gadamers writings
and detailed synopses of his key works, including his magnum opus,
Truth and Method. The Dictionary also includes entries on Gadamers
major philosophical influences, from Plato to Heidegger, and his
contemporaries, including Derrida and Habermas. It covers
everything that is essential to a sound understanding of Gadamers
'philosophical hermeneutics, offering clear and accessible
explanations of often complex terminology. The Gadamer Dictionary
is the ideal resource for anyone reading or studying Gadamer or
Modern European Philosophy more generally.
Continuum's Guides for the Perplexed are clear, concise and
accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that
students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating
specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to
fathom, these books explain and explore key themes and ideas,
guiding the reader towards a thorough and confident understanding
of demanding material. Hans-Georg Gadamer is one of the formeost
European philosophers of recent times. His work on philosophical
hermeneutics defined the whole subject, and Truth and Method, his
magnum opus, is a landmark text in modern philosophy. However,
Gadamer's ideas, the complex relationship between them, and the
often opaque way they are expressed, undoubtedly pose a
considerable challenge for the reader. Gadamer: A Guide for the
Perplexed is the ideal text for anyone trying to get to grips with
Gadamer's work. Providing a clear account of the central tenets of
Gadamer's philosophy, the book does not shy away from the more
complex material and provides an invaluably thorough and fully
engaged account of Gadamer's hermeneutics. There is clear
exposition and analysis of such key terms - often problematic for
the reader - as 'fusion of horizons', 'effective historical
consciousness' and 'the logic of question and answer', as well as
Gadamer's redefinition of such concepts as 'prejudice', 'authority'
and 'tradition'. The book also discusses Gadamer's influence in
other areas of philosophy; the response of other philosophers to
his work; and criticisms of his work on the grounds of relativism.
This is the first comparative study of the pioneering work on
language of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Hans-Georg Gadamer. The book
focuses on how Wittgenstein and Gadamer treat language in their
accounts of language as game and their major writings on the
subject--Philosophical Investigations and Truth and Method,
respectively. Chris Lawn goes on to offer a critique of
Wittgenstein's account of linguistic rules, drawing upon Gadamer's
philosophical hermeneutics, particularly his emphasis upon
tradition, temporality, historicality and novelty. The text
demonstrates how paying attention to such elements--excluded by
Wittgenstein's conception of rules--in fact strengthens
Wittgenstein's position from a hermeneutical perspective. Finally,
Wittgenstein and Gadamer investigates the possibility of connection
between Wittgenstein's focus upon lexical particularity and
Gadamer's greater concern for the universal and the general. A
groundbreaking work of post-analytic philosophy, Wittgenstein and
Gadamer brings the work of two major modern philosophers into
dialogue. It is required reading for anyone studying or researching
the work of either philosopher, or the philosophy of language more
generally.
The book focuses on how Wittgenstein and Gadamer treat language in
their accounts of language as game and their major writings on the
subject - Philosophical Investigations and Truth and Method,
respectively. Chris Lawn goes on to offer a critique of
Wittgenstein's account of linguistic rules, drawing upon Gadamer's
philosophical hermeneutics, particularly his emphasis upon
tradition, temporality, historicality and novelty. The text
demonstrates how paying attention to such elements - excluded by
Wittgenstein's conception of rules - in fact strengthens
Wittgenstein's position from a hermeneutical perspective. Finally,
Wittgenstein and Gadamer investigates the possibility of connection
between Wittgenstein's focus upon lexical particularity and
Gadamer's greater concern for the universal and the general. A
groundbreaking work of post-analytic philosophy, Wittgenstein and
Gadamer brings the work of two major modern philosophers in to
dialogue. It is required reading for anyone studying or researching
the work of either philosopher, or the philosophy of language more
generally.
Continuum's Guides for the Perplexed are clear, concise and
accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that
students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating
specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to
fathom, these books explain and explore key themes and ideas,
guiding the reader towards a thorough and confident understanding
of demanding material.
Hans-Georg Gadamer is one of the formeost European philosophers of
recent times. His work on philosophical hermeneutics defined the
whole subject, and "Truth and Method," his magnum opus, is a
landmark text in modern philosophy. However, Gadamer's ideas, the
complex relationship between them, and the often opaque way they
are expressed, undoubtedly pose a considerable challenge for the
reader.
"Gadamer: A Guide for the Perplexed" is the ideal text for anyone
trying to get to grips with Gadamer's work. Providing a clear
account of the central tenets of Gadamer's philosophy, the book
does not shy away from the more complex material and provides an
invaluably thorough and fully engaged account of Gadamer's
hermeneutics. There is clear exposition and analysis of such key
terms - often problematic for the reader - as 'fusion of horizons',
'effective historical consciousness' and 'the logic of question and
answer', as well as Gadamer's redefinition of such concepts as
'prejudice', 'authority' and 'tradition'. The book also discusses
Gadamer's influence in other areas of philosophy; the response of
other philosophers to his work; and criticisms of his work on the
grounds of relativism.
This is a fully cross-referenced A-Z guide to the work and ideas of
Hans-Georg Gadamer. "The Gadamer Dictionary" is a comprehensive and
accessible guide to the world of Hans-Georg Gadamer. Meticulously
researched and extensively cross-referenced, this unique book
covers all his major works, ideas and influences and provides a
firm grounding in the central themes of Gadamer's thought. Students
will discover a wealth of useful information, analysis and
criticism. A-Z entries include clear definitions of all the key
terms used in Gadamer's writings and detailed synopses of his key
works, including his magnum opus, "Truth and Method". The
Dictionary also includes entries on Gadamer's major philosophical
influences, from Plato to Heidegger, and his contemporaries,
including Derrida and Habermas. It covers everything that is
essential to a sound understanding of Gadamer's 'philosophical
hermeneutics', offering clear and accessible explanations of often
complex terminology. "The Gadamer Dictionary" is the ideal resource
for anyone reading or studying Gadamer or Modern European
Philosophy more generally. "The Continuum Philosophy Dictionaries"
offer clear and accessible guides to the work of some of the more
challenging thinkers in the history of philosophy. A-Z entries
provide clear definitions of key terminology, synopses of key
works, and details of each thinker's major themes, ideas and
philosophical influences. The Dictionaries are the ideal resource
for anyone reading or studying these key philosophers.
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