Interpreting philosophy : the elements of philosophical hermeneutics / Nicholas Rescher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rescher, Nicholas.

Series:

Philosophische Analyse ; Bd. 17.

Philosophische Analyse = Philosophical analysis ; Bd. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hermeneutics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt ; New Brunswick : Ontos Verlag, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Metaphilosophy is philosophy's 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

PREFACE

Chapter 1: THE PROJECT Philosophical Discourse and Its Interpretation

Chapter 2: THE PROCESS Hermeneutical Methodology Examined

Chapter 3: THE CONTRAST A Critique of Deconstructionism

Chapter 4: THE AGENDA What Issues Are to Figure in Philosophical Deliberations?

Chapter 5: THE PERSONALIA Referential Analysis in Philosophy

Chapter 6: THE TYPOLOGY Elements of Philosophical Taxonomy

Chapter 7: THE ARGUMENTATION What Substantiates the Fundamentals?

Chapter 8: THE TERMINOLOGY The Problem of Defining One's Terms

Chapter 9: THE MESSAGE On the Formative Role of Apories in Philosophical Deliberation

Chapter 10: THE INTERCONNECTIONS The Systemic Interlinkage of Philosophical Issues

Chapter 11: THE LAWS The Rational Requisites of Interpretative Procedure

Chapter 12: THE PROSPECT Philosophy at the Turn of the Century: A Return to Systems

NOTES

Backmatter

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-11-032697-3

OCLC:

851970847