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METAPHYSICAL HERMENEUTICS IBD

BLOOMSBURY 3PL
09 / 2024
9781350437791
Inglés

Sinopsis

If in its simplest form, hermeneutics is a quest for understanding, then part of that quest will always include striving to understand being and the meaning of being.áThis open access book takes that ambition seriously, arguing that hermeneutics and metaphysics, so central to philosophical thought but so rarely put in tandem, are two complementary fundamentals of human existence.Metaphysical Hermeneuticsáputs forward the argument for a hermeneutical metaphysics in service of philosophyâÇÖs basic aim: to make sense of our experience. Jean Grondin builds his argument for this combined discipline around the idea of âÇÖsenseâÇÖ - a theme that is both hermeneuticaláandámetaphysical. What we seek to glimpse is not just a figment of the mind but always the meaning ofásomething. Grondin calls on one of the founding figures of contemporary hermeneutics Hans-Georg Gadamer to test his theories, singling out the metaphysical dimension of GadamerâÇÖs ideas and questioning his seeming embrace and rejection of that dimension. Rooting these questions in the human search for meaning is a major contribution to the scope and resources of hermeneutic philosophy.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.áOpen access was funded by the Department of Philosophy at the University of Montreal.