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advanced hermeneutic philosophy studies
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Dasein's Mode
Dasein’s Mode
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Dilthey's Theory
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Eff Ective History
Enlightenment intellectual history
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existential phenomenology
Gadamer's Concept
Gadamer's Discussion
Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics
Gadamer's Theory
Gadamer’s Concept
Gadamer’s Discussion
Gadamer’s Theory
Game Partner
Hermeneutic Circle
Hermeneutic Event
Hermeneutic Experience
Hermeneutic Relation
Hermeneutic Situation
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Historical Conditioning
history
Human Language
humanities methodology
Interpreter's Horizon
Interpreter’s Horizon
language and meaning
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Legitimate Prejudices
Perfect Language
philosophical
Philosophical Hermeneutics
philosophy of interpretation
Pragmatic Situation
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Schleiermacher's Hermeneutics
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text analysis theory
Text's Horizon
Text’s Horizon
Vice Versa
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- ISBN 9781844650774
- Weight: 245g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 26 Oct 2006
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This series provides short, accessible and lively introduction to the major schools, movements and traditions in philosophy and the history of ideas since the beginning of the Enlightenment. All books in the series are written for undergraduates meeting the subject for the first time. Hermeneutics concerns itself with the theory of understanding and the interpretation of language. The question of how to correctly interpret and understand others remains one of the most contested branches of philosophy. In Understanding Hermeneutics Lawrence Schmidt provides an introduction to modern hermeneutics through a systematic examination of the ideas of its key philosophical proponents. Chapter 1 examines the ideas, of the Protestant theologian, Friedrich Schleiermacher, who argues that misunderstanding is always possible so we must always employ interpretation if we are to understnad correctly. Chapter 2 discusses the ideas of Dilthey, who maintains that understanding in the humanities is fundamentally different from explanation in the natural sciences, and who presents a methodology to judge what another person means or feels by means of their language and also their gestures, facial expressions, and manners of acting. Chapter 3 explores the ideas of Heidegger who radicalizes the concept by shifting its focus from interpreting texts to an existential interpretation of human being. In Chapter 4 the recent ideas of Gadamer are examined, which extend to examining the structures of hermeneutic experience and to question the supremacy of the natural sciences as models for truth. The final chapters consider some of the criticisms and controversies surrounding hermeneutics, including the work of Habermas, Hirsch, Ricoeur and Derrida, and the prospects for the future of hermeneutics.
Lawrence K. Schmidt is Professor of Philosophy at Hendrix College, Arkansas.
