| Uniform title | Works. Selections. English. 2007 |
| Series |
Topics in historical philosophy
Northwestern University topics in historical philosophy. ^A605615
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| Contents |
1. Autobiographical reflections -- Part 1. Defining the idea of a philosophical hermeneutics -- 2. Classical and philosophical hermeneutics -- 3. The universality of the hermeneutical problem -- 4. Language and understanding -- 5. From word to concept: the task of hermeneutics as philosophy -- Part 2. Hermeneutics, art, and poetry -- 6. Aesthetics and hermeneutics -- 7. On the truth of the word -- 8. Text and interpretation -- 9. The artwork in word and image: "so true, so full of being!" -- Part 3. Hermeneutics and practical philosophy -- 10. Hermeneutics as practical philosophy -- 11. Hermeneutics as a theoretical and practical task -- 12. Greek philosophy and modern thinking -- 13. On the possibility of a philosophical ethics -- Part 4. Gadamer on Plato, Hegel, Heidegger, and Derrida -- 14. Plato as portraitist -- 15. The heritage of Hegel -- 16. Heidegger and the language of metaphysics -- 17. Hermeneutics and the ontological difference -- 18. Hermeneutics tracking the trace [on Derrida] -- Part 5. Concluding dialogue with Jean Grondin -- 19. A look back over the collected works and their effective history. |
| General note | A translation of the 1997 Gadamer Lesebuch, augmented by three essays not included in the Lesebuch. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-464) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2007006139 |
| ISBN | 9780810119871 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0810119870 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780810119888 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0810119889 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
