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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

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Series: Contributions to Hermeneutics, Book 1

Philosophy

ISBN10: 3319372793
ISBN13: 9783319372792
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Oct 22 2016
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.46 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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