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Naturalistic Hermeneuticsby C. Mantzavinos
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 26.00Naturalistic Hermeneutics proposes the position of the unity of scientific method, defending it against the claim to autonomy of the human sciences. Mantzavinos shows how materials that are 'meaningful', more specifically human actions and texts, can be adequately dealt with through a hypothetico-deductive method. more...
Philosophy and Mystificationby Guy Robinson
Routledge 1998; US$ 140.00Philosophy and Mystification is an extraordinary meta-philosophical work that boldly tackles a series of particular problems in philosophy as a starting point for a reflection on the nature of and point of philosophy itself. more...
Continental Philosophy of Social Scienceby Yvonne Sherratt
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 26.00Continental Philosophy of Social Science contrasts the continental approach to social science with the Anglo-American tradition. Sherratt argues for the importance of an historical understanding of the Continental tradition in order to appreciate its humanist character. This will serve as the essential textbook for courses in philosophy or social sciences. more...
Interpretation and allegoryby J. Whitman
BRILL 2000; US$ 187.00An investigation of the theory and practice of interpretation. Concentrating on interpretive allegory, the volume opens and organizes new approaches to over 2000 years of critical change. Its topics extend from pagan, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic perspectives to postmodern inquiries. more...
Hermeneutics at the Crossroadsby Kevin J. Vanhoozer; James K. A. Smith; Bruce Ellis Benson
Indiana University Press 2006; US$ 19.95In this multi-faceted volume, Christian and other religiously committed theorists find themselves at an uneasy point in history -- between premodernity, modernity, and postmodernity -- where disciplines and methods, cultural and linguistic traditions, and religious commitments tangle and cross. Here, leading theorists explore the state of the art of the contemporary hermeneutical terrain. As they address the work of Gadamer, Ricoeur, and Derrida, the essays collected in this wide-ranging work engage key themes in philosophical hermeneutics, hermeneutics and religion, hermeneutics and the other arts, hermeneutics and literature, and ... more...
Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smartby Gerd Gigerenzer
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 37.50This work provides a psychologically plausible notion of rationality that is based on heuristics -- simple rules for making decisions using realistic mental resources. It looks at when and how such simple heuristics work, compares decisions based on single and multiple reasons, and describes benefits in situations of having only limited knowledge. more...
Readings in Interpretationby Andrzej Warminski; Rodolphe Gasche
University of Minnesota Press 1987; US$ 39.00Readings in Interpretation was first published in 1987. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Readings in Interpretation ? a volume primarily on the texts of Holderlin, Hegel, and their interpreter Heidegger?locates itself strategically between literature and philosophy. In keeping with this juxtaposition, it treats the question of self-consciousness and reflection on the levels of "theme" and "text." For both Hegel and Holderlin, selfconsciousness and its relation to knowing are explicit themes, but Waminski's readings show that a more disruptive reflection is operative... more...
Interpretation and Constructionby Robert Stecker
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 128.95Interpretation and Construction examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behavior, focusing primarily on issues in art, law, and everyday speech. Focuses on artistic interpretation, but also includes extended discussion of interpretation of the law and everyday speech and communication. Written by one of the leading theorists of interpretation. Theoretical discussions are consistently centered around examples for ease of comprehension. more...
Truth and Methodby Hans-Georg Gadamer
Continuum International Publishing 2004; US$ 200.00Written in the 1960s, TRUTH AND METHOD is Gadamer's magnum opus. Looking behind the self-consciousness of science, he discusses the tense relationship between truth and methodology. In examining the different experiences of truth, he aims to "present the hermeneutic phenomenon in its fullest extent. more...
Hermeneutics Readerby Kurt Mueller-Vollmer
Continuum International Publishing 1988; US$ 170.00Essays discuss reason and understanding, interpretation, language, meaning, the human sciences, social sciences, and general hermeneutic theory. more...









