Hermeneutics and Truth |
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| Author:
| Wachterhauser, Brice |
| Series title: | Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8101-1143-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1994 |
| Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $59.95 |
Book Description:
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The claim that all human thought involves "interpretation," that all human thought is in some way relative to a contingent context of cognitive, theoretical, practical, and aesthetic considerations, has become widely accepted, but waht we understand by "truth" and how we should best pursue it are questions raised with renewed force once a hermeneutical starting point has been embraced. Brice R. Wachterhauser's collection
Hermeneutics and Truth is an...
More DescriptionThe claim that all human thought involves "interpretation," that all human thought is in some way relative to a contingent context of cognitive, theoretical, practical, and aesthetic considerations, has become widely accepted, but waht we understand by "truth" and how we should best pursue it are questions raised with renewed force once a hermeneutical starting point has been embraced. Brice R. Wachterhauser's collection Hermeneutics and Truth is an attempt to contribute to this concersation.