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Hermeneutics and Truth (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)
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Description for Hermeneutics and Truth (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)
Paperback. A volume of essays which addresses the roles of truth and interpretation in the shaping of human thought. Editor(s): Wachterhauser, Brice R. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
The claim that all human thought involves ""interpretation"", that all human thought is in some way relative to a contingent context of cognitive, rhetorical, practical and aesthetic considerations, has become widely accepted; but what we understand by ""truth"" and how we should best pursue it are questions raised with renewed force once a hermeneutical starting point has been embraced. Brice R. Wachterhauser's collection, ""Hermeneutics and Truth"", is an attempt to contribute to this conversation. No thinkers have wrestled with the issue of truth and interpretation in more illuminating ways for the continental tradition of philosophy than Heidegger and Gadamer. Gadamer's ... Read more
The claim that all human thought involves ""interpretation"", that all human thought is in some way relative to a contingent context of cognitive, rhetorical, practical and aesthetic considerations, has become widely accepted; but what we understand by ""truth"" and how we should best pursue it are questions raised with renewed force once a hermeneutical starting point has been embraced. Brice R. Wachterhauser's collection, ""Hermeneutics and Truth"", is an attempt to contribute to this conversation. No thinkers have wrestled with the issue of truth and interpretation in more illuminating ways for the continental tradition of philosophy than Heidegger and Gadamer. Gadamer's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810111189
SKU
V9780810111189
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