Wittgenstein And Gadamer

Author : Chris Lawn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441199102

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Wittgenstein and Gadamer by Chris Lawn Pdf

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.

Author : Patrick Rogers Horn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351935050

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Gadamer and Wittgenstein on the Unity of Language by Patrick Rogers Horn Pdf

In this innovative comparison of Gadamer and Wittgenstein, the author explores their common concern with the relation of language to reality. Patrick Horn's starting point is the widely accepted view that both philosophers rejected a certain metaphysical account of that relation in which reality determines the nature of language. Horn proceeds to argue that Gadamer never completely escaped metaphysical assumptions in his search for the unity of language. In this respect, argues Horn, Gadamer's work is nearer to the earlier rather than to the later Wittgenstein. The final chapter of the book highlights the work of Wittgenstein’s pupil Rush Rhees, who shows that Wittgenstein's own later emphasis on language games, while doing justice to the variety of language, does less than justice to the dialogical relation between speakers of a language, wherein the unity of language resides. Contrasting Rhees's account of the unity of language with those given by Gadamer and the early Wittgenstein brings out the importance of understanding reality in terms of the life that people share rather than in terms of what philosophers say about reality.

Author : Chris Lawn
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006-06-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780826484611

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Gadamer: A Guide for the Perplexed by Chris Lawn Pdf

Providing an account of Gadamer's hermeneutics, this book includes an exposition and analysis of such key terms 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'.

Author : Chris Lawn
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780826493774

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Wittgenstein and Gadamer by Chris Lawn Pdf

This is the first comparative study of the pioneering work on language of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Hans-Georg Gadamer.

Author : Donatella Di Cesare
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780253007636

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Gadamer by Donatella Di Cesare Pdf

Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002), one of the towering figures of contemporary Continental philosophy, is best known for Truth and Method, where he elaborated the concept of "philosophical hermeneutics," a programmatic way to get to what we do when we engage in interpretation. Donatella Di Cesare highlights the central place of Greek philosophy, particularly Plato, in Gadamer's work, brings out differences between his thought and that of Heidegger, and connects him with discussions and debates in pragmatism. This is a sensitive and thoroughly readable philosophical portrait of one of the 20th century's most powerful thinkers.

Author : Jeff Malpas,Ulrich Arnswald,Jens Kertscher
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0262632470

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Gadamer's Century by Jeff Malpas,Ulrich Arnswald,Jens Kertscher Pdf

Philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer has made major contributions to aesthetic theory, Plato and Hegel studies, humanistic studies, and the philosophy of history. A student of Martin Heidegger, Gadamer took up and developed a number of central Heideggerian insights. He also had productive public debates with contemporaries such as Emilio Betti and Jürgen Habermas. The shape of contemporary hermeneutics is due almost entirely to Gadamer's influence, and his magnum opus, Truth and Method, is considered one of the great philosophical works of the twentieth century.This book is dedicated to Gadamer in honor of his hundredth birthday, in 2000. The essays provide a measure of the classical character of Gadamer's work by showing the breadth of engagement his ideas have provoked. As in Gadamer's own life and work, dialogue and conversation figure as important themes in all of the essays. While they encompass a diversity of philosophical perspectives, interests, and styles, the essays also suggest the ever-present possibility of dialogue across language and tradition and of the formation of new modes of discourse and philosophizing.

Author : Hans-Georg Gadamer
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0520034759

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Philosophical Hermeneutics by Hans-Georg Gadamer Pdf

'This volume presents carefully selected essays from Gadamer's Kleine Schriften. The seven essays comprising Part 1 contain Gadamer's discussion of hermeneutical reflection. Part 2 consists of six essays dealing with phenomenology, existential philosophy, and philosophical hermeneutics.

Author : Chris Lawn,Niall Keane
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441112569

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The Gadamer Dictionary by Chris Lawn,Niall Keane Pdf

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.

Author : Lawrence Kennedy Schmidt,Lawrence Schmidt
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0810112574

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The Specter of Relativism by Lawrence Kennedy Schmidt,Lawrence Schmidt Pdf

Specter of Relativism addresses the timely topic of relativism from the perspective of Gadamer's hermeneutics. This collection of essays explores several of the key issues in contemporary philosophy--the nature of truth, the model of conversation, and the possibility of an ethics in postmodern conditions--in the context of the work of Gadamer. Although centered on Gadamer and including the first English translation of one of his essays, the volume does not narrowly define or defend the approach of philosophical hermeneutics; the contributors present a broad range of views, in some cases championing a Gadamerian perspective, in others challenging it.

Author : Hans-Georg Gadamer
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-07-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0520256409

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Philosophical Hermeneutics by Hans-Georg Gadamer Pdf

Published in German during the last 15 years, the 13 essays in this volume provide readers with valuable knowledge of the much discussed theme of hermeneutics today. Gadamer was an early student of Martin Heidegger and has been a lifelong friend and interpreter. These essays are an outgrowth of Gadamer's Truth and Method. They can be understood, however, independently of it. Gadamer's standpoint is a blend of Hegel's and Heidegger's, with his own independent development in part. The book contains a long and highly competent introduction by the editor, David E. Linge, who has translated most of the essays. - Choice, on back cover.

Author : Dan R. Stiver
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664222439

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Theology After Ricoeur by Dan R. Stiver Pdf

Dan Stiver presents the implications of Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutical philosophy for a postmodern theology by providing a comprehensive interpretation of Ricoeur and then applying Ricoeur's hermeneutical theory to biblical interpretation and theology. Stiver situates Ricoeur's contributions in the Yale-Chicago debate and shows how Ricoeur's textual theory provides a real alternative to George Lindbeck (on the one hand) and deconstruction (on the other).

Author : Anthony C. Thiselton
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802800068

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The Two Horizons by Anthony C. Thiselton Pdf

Author : Jerry H. Gill
Publisher : Humanities Press International
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019272751

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Wittgenstein and Metaphor by Jerry H. Gill Pdf

This work offers a fresh angle of interpretation for the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein.It explores his use of metaphor, as well the implications of this use for new insights into his view of language in particular and philosophy in general.

Author : Hans-Georg Gadamer
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0300048076

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Plato's Dialectical Ethics by Hans-Georg Gadamer Pdf

Plato's Dialectical Ethics, Gadamer's earliest work, has now been translated into English for the first time. This work, published in 1931 and reprinted in 1967 and 1982, is still important today, both as one of the most extensive and imaginative interpretations of Plato's Philebus and as an introduction to Gadamer's thinking, showing how his influential hermeneutics emerged from his application of his teacher Martin Heidegger's phenomenological method to classical texts and problems.

Author : Bruce Krajewski
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780520927957

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Gadamer’s Repercussions by Bruce Krajewski Pdf

Certainly one of the key German philosophers of the twentieth century, Hans-Georg Gadamer also influenced the study of literature, art, music, sacred and legal texts, and medicine. Indeed, while much attention has been focused on Gadamer's writings about ancient Greek and modern German philosophy, the relevance of his work for other disciplines is only now beginning to be properly considered and understood. In an effort to address this slant, this volume brings together many prominent scholars to assess, re-evaluate, and question Hans-Georg Gadamer's works, as well as his place in intellectual history. The book includes a recent essay by Gadamer on "the task of hermeneutics," as well as essays by distinguished contributors including Jürgen Habermas, Richard Rorty, Gerald Bruns, Georgia Warnke, and many others. The contributors situate Gadamer's views in surprising ways and show that his writings speak to a range of contemporary debates—from constitutional questions to issues of modern art. A controversial final section attempts to uncover and clarify Gadamer's history in relation to National Socialism. More an investigation and questioning than a celebration of this venerable and profoundly influential philosopher, this collection will become a catalyst for any future rethinking of philosophical hermeneutics, as well as a significant starting place for rereading and reviewing Hans-Georg Gadamer.