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The Course of Recognition
Paul Ricoeur
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Paperback. Recognition, though it figures profoundly in our understanding of objects and persons, identity and ideas, has never before been the subject of a single, sustained philosophical inquiry. This work, by one of contemporary philosophy's most distinguished voices, pursues recognition through its various philosophical guises and meanings. Translator(s): Pellauer, David. Series: Institute for Human Sciences Vienna Lecture Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
Recognition, though it figures profoundly in our understanding of objects and persons, identity and ideas, has never before been the subject of a single, sustained philosophical inquiry. This work, by one of contemporary philosophy's most distinguished voices, pursues recognition through its various philosophical guises and meanings--and, through the course of recognition, seeks to develop nothing less than a proper hermeneutics of mutual recognition. Originally delivered as lectures at the Institute for the Human Sciences at Vienna, the essays collected here consider recognition in three of its forms. The first chapter, focusing on knowledge of objects, ... Read more
Recognition, though it figures profoundly in our understanding of objects and persons, identity and ideas, has never before been the subject of a single, sustained philosophical inquiry. This work, by one of contemporary philosophy's most distinguished voices, pursues recognition through its various philosophical guises and meanings--and, through the course of recognition, seeks to develop nothing less than a proper hermeneutics of mutual recognition. Originally delivered as lectures at the Institute for the Human Sciences at Vienna, the essays collected here consider recognition in three of its forms. The first chapter, focusing on knowledge of objects, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Institute for Human Sciences Vienna Lecture Series
Condition
New
Weight
299g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674025646
SKU
V9780674025646
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About Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ric ur was Professor of Philosophy at the Universities of Paris (Sorbonne) and Chicago. He is the author of many books, including Time and Narrative, Oneself as Another, and Memory, History, Forgetting.
Reviews for The Course of Recognition
This is vintage Ricoeur. As with Ricoeur at his best, it suggests a number of wholly different ways of thinking our way through the major questions of modern philosophy. - Charles Taylor, author of A Secular Age