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  • Philosophical Hermeneutics Reinterpretedby Paul Fairfield

    Continuum International Publishing 2011; US$ 120.00

    In this important new study, Paul Fairfield examines a number of issues of central importance to philosophical hermeneutics. His aim is less o reexamine the basic hypotheses of hermeneutics (Gadamer s hermeneutics in particular) than to understand it in relational terms, by bringing it into closer association with existentialism, pragmatism, critical... more...

  • Contexts of Understandingby Herman Parret

    John Benjamins Publishing Company 1980; US$ 102.00

    This essay deals with the difficulty of understanding understanding , taking the understanding of natural language fragments as a paradigm. more...

  • The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarityby Robert Frodeman; Julie Thompson Klein; Carl Mitcham

    OUP Oxford 2010; US$ 69.99

    Taking stock of interdisciplinarity as it nears its century mark, the Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity constitutes a major new reference work on the topic of interdisciplinarity, a concept of growing academic and societal importance.Interdisciplinarity is fast becoming as important outside academia as within. Academics, policy makers, and the... more...

  • What Are Philosophical Systems?by Jules Vuillemin

    Cambridge University Press 1986; US$ 25.00

    This book presents a learned and ingenious attempt to understand the origin and nature of philosophical inquiry. more...

  • Continental Philosophy of Social Scienceby Yvonne Sherratt

    Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 27.00

    Continental 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$ 187.00

    An 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...

  • Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smartby Gerd Gigerenzer

    Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 34.99

    This 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...

  • Hermeneutics at the Crossroadsby Kevin J. Vanhoozer; James K. A. Smith; Bruce Ellis Benson

    Indiana University Press 2006; US$ 19.95

    In 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,... more...

  • Readings in Interpretationby Andrzej Warminski; Rodolphe Gasche

    University of Minnesota Press 1987; US$ 39.00

    Readings 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... more...

  • Hermeneutics Readerby Kurt Mueller-Vollmer

    Continuum International Publishing 1988; US$ 170.00

    Essays discuss reason and understanding, interpretation, language, meaning, the human sciences, social sciences, and general hermeneutic theory. more...