1st Edition

Understanding Hermeneutics

By Lawrence Kennedy Schmidt Copyright 2006
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

This series provides short, accessible and lively introduction to the major schools, movements and traditions in philosophy and the history of ideas since the beginning of the Enlightenment. All books in the series are written for undergraduates meeting the subject for the first time. Hermeneutics concerns itself with the theory of understanding and the interpretation of language. The question of... Read more
Abbreviations Introduction: what is hermeneutics? 1. Schleiermacher's universal hermeneutics 2. Dilthey's hermeneutic understanding 3. Heidegger's hermeneutic ontology 4. Hermeneutics in the later Heidegger 5. Gadamer's theory of hermeneutic experience 6. Gadamer's ontological turn toward language 7. Hermeneutic controversies Questions for discussion and revision Further reading Index

Biography

Lawrence Kennedy Schmidt