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The Problem of Objectivity in Gadamer's Hermeneutics in Light of McDowell's Empiricism

The Problem of Objectivity in Gadamer's Hermeneutics in Light of McDowell's Empiricism

Thaning, Morten S.

Hardcover

Series: Contributions to Hermeneutics, Book 1

Philosophy

ISBN10: 3319186477
ISBN13: 9783319186474
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Sep 2 2015
Pages: 212
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This book reassesses Gadamer's hermeneutics by bringing it into a dialogue with John McDowell's minimal empiricism. It employs the resources of McDowell's minimal empiricism to address the transcendental and ontological presuppositions for objective experience and understanding, while retaining Gadamer's emphasis on the historicity of understanding. By means of the dialogue with McDowell, the book develops a hermeneutical conception of objectivity and perceptual experience, which also entails reinterpretations of Gadamer's notions of tradition, practical wisdom and meaning. The book explores the philosophical space beyond the analytic-Continental divide and demonstrates that hermeneutics is not limited to a reflection on understanding as it is practiced in the human sciences, but can be revived as a distinct and cogent philosophical approach with a transcendental and ontological dimension.

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