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In this important new book, Hans-Georg Gadamer discusses the
transformation in human self-understanding wrought by the
scientific worldview, focusing in particular on the unparalleled
achievements of modern medicine. He explores the ethical and
humanist issues raised by the technological successes of modern
clinical practice, and relates them to the classical conception of
"praxis" in the philosophical tradition. In a series of lucid and
engaging analyses, Gadamer eloquently defends the idea of medicine,
not only as a "science of health, but as an "art" of hermeneutic
relevance, requiring the exercise of practical judgment and
personal interpretation. We should, he argues, recognize the limits
of purely technical approach to healing, as well as the importance
of a qualitative approach to medical treatment. Written by one of
the leading philosophers of the twentieth century, this brilliant
meditation on health, illness, and the art of healing will be of
interest to general readers as well as students of philosophy and
social thought.
The book brings together thirteen essays presented to medical and
psychiatric societies, mainly during the 1970's and 1980's. In
these essays, Gadamer justifies the reasons for a philosophical
interest in health and medicine, and a corresponding need for
health practitioners to enter into a dialogue with philosophy.
This series makes available in English some important work by
German philosophers on major figures in the German philosophical
tradition. The volumes will provide critical perspectives on
philosophers of great significance to the Anglo-American
philosophical community, perspectives that have been largely
ignored except by a handful of writers on German philosophy. The
dissemination of this work will be of enormous value to Anglophone
students and scholars of the history of German philosophy. This
collection brings together in translation the finest post-war
German language scholarship on Hegel's social and political
philosophy, concentrating on the Elements of the Philosophy of
Right. Many of the essays appear in English here for the first
time; all are translated anew.
Presents for the first time in English the most important of Gadamer's extensive writings on art and literature.
This series makes available in English important recent work by German philosophers on major figures in the German philosophical tradition. The volumes will provide critical perspectives on philosophers of great significance to the Anglo-American philosophical community--perspectives that have been largely ignored except by a handful of writers on German philosophy. This collection brings together in translation the finest post-war German language scholarship on Hegel's social and political philosophy, concentrating on the Elements of the Philosophy of Right.
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