Philosophers are on the whole too busy doing philosophy to take time to stand back and consider reflectively how the project itself actually works. This affords good reason for attending to philosophical hermeneutics, reflecting on the issue of how philosophical texts are to be understood and interp
Interpreting Philosophy: The Elements of Philosophical Hermeneutics
β Scribed by Nicholas Rescher
- Publisher
- De Gruyter
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 194
- Series
- Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis; 17
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Metaphilosophy is philosophyβs poor and neglected cousin. Philosophers are on the whole too busy doing philosophy to take time to stand back and consider reflectively how the project itself actually works. And they lead tend to produce texts without too much consideration of how this looks from the standpoint of the consumer. All this, it seems to be, affords good reason for attending to philosophical hermeneutics, reflecting on the issue of how philosophical texts are to be understood and interpreted.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
PREFACE
Chapter 1THE PROJECT
Chapter 2THE PROCESS
Chapter 3THE CONTRAST
Chapter 4THE AGENDA
Chapter 5THE PERSONALIA
Chapter 6THE TYPOLOGY
Chapter 7THE ARGUMENTATION
Chapter 8THE TERMINOLOGY
Chapter 9THE MESSAGE
Chapter 10THE INTERCONNECTIONS
Chapter 11THE LAWS
Chapter 12THE PROSPECT
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