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The Text as a Connection of Sense in the Horizon of the Occurrence of Tradition as Effective History\u003cbr\u003e7. In the Governing Network of Discourse\u003cbr\u003e8. The Sense-Creating Potential of Texts: The Modification of the World\u003cbr\u003e9. Excursis on the Metaphor of the \"Book of the World\"\u003cbr\u003e10. In the Network of Tradition: On Understanding as an Incursion into the Current of Texts\u003cbr\u003e11. On the Interpretive Character of Knowledge in the Wake of the Historicity of Understanding\u003cbr\u003e12. Parenthesis on the Discourse of Metaphysics \"as such\" as a Problem of an Epochal Revaluation in View of a Signature of the Present\u003cbr\u003e13. Critical Remarks on the Concept of an Absolute Reason\u003cbr\u003ePart Two. I and World: The Question Concerning the Ground of Philosophy\u003cbr\u003eChapter One. On the Search for the Certainty of the I\u003cbr\u003e14. Toward the Task of a Hermeneutical Interpretation of the Concept and its Relation to Everyday Experience: An Approximation\u003cbr\u003e15. Wonder and Doubt: On the Entry-Point of Philosophical Reflection\u003cbr\u003e16. Under the Spell of Certainty: Descartes' Self-Certainty of the 'I am' as a Hermeneutical Problem\u003cbr\u003e17. The Ontological Positioning of the Cartesian Ego Between Acquisition of the Self and Loss of the World\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two. On Life in Lifeworlds: Critical Considerations of Husserl's Phenomenology of the Lifeworld\u003cbr\u003e18. The Concept of 'Lifeworld' as an Indication of the Problem\u003cbr\u003e19. Husserl's Recourse to as an \"Irruption into the Theoretical Attitude\"\u003cbr\u003e20. The Problem of Objectivism in the Tension Between and \u003cbr\u003e21. Toward a Philosophical Thematization of Natural Life-in-the-World\u003cbr\u003e22. On Husserl's Transcendental Self-Grounding of Philosophy with a View to the Question of the World\u003cbr\u003e23. Husserl's Application of the Task of a Lifeworldly Ontology\u003cbr\u003e24. The Function of History in Husserl's Transcendental-Phenomenological Conception\u003cbr\u003ePart Three. Self-Understanding and the Historical World: Basic Traits of a Hermeneutical Ontology of Facticity\u003cbr\u003eChapter One. The Hermeneutical Turn: Heidegger's Critical Dialogue with Husserlian Phenomenology\u003cbr\u003e25. Husserl versus Heidegger: On Situating their Disagreement\u003cbr\u003e26. The Hermeneutical Stance on a Second View\u003cbr\u003e27. The 'Blind Spot' in the Phenomenological Eye: Heidegger's Critique of Husserl with a View to the Structure of Care\u003cbr\u003ea. Phenomenological Maxims of Research and Cognitive Intention\u003cbr\u003eb. The 'Actual Things of Philosophy': The Being of the Human\u003cbr\u003e28. The Metamorphosis of Phenomenology into the Hermeneutical\u003cbr\u003ea. In Connection with the Tendencies of Lebensphilosophie\u003cbr\u003eb. The Hermeneutical Approach in Pre-Theoretical Life\u003cbr\u003ec. The New Hermeneutical Accentuation of Phenomenology\u003cbr\u003e29. The Function and Relation of the Hermeneutical Ontology of Facticity, Fundamental Ontology, and Metontology\u003cbr\u003e30. Aspects of a Contemporary Philosophical Situating of the Discourse on Facticity\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two. The Experiental Structure of the Self: Toward a Hermeneutics of Factical Historical Life\u003cbr\u003e31. The Leap into the World: On Outlining the Factical-Hermeneutical Concept of Experience\u003cbr\u003e32. Analysis of Environmental Experience\u003cbr\u003e33. Remarks on the Problematic of the Foreign\u003cbr\u003e34. The Self-World as the Center of Life-Relations\u003cbr\u003e35. The Having-of-Oneself within the Field of Tension between Winning and Losing Oneself\u003cbr\u003e36. The Structure of the Self as a Function of Life-Experience\u003cbr\u003e37. On the Status of a Hermeneutics of Facticity as Ontological Hermeneutics\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three. Application-Destruktion-History: Hermeneutical Sketches of a Philosophy of the Situation\u003cbr\u003e38. Hermeneutical Application\u003cbr\u003e39. The Critical Sense: On the Task of Phenomenological Destruktion\u003cbr\u003e40. History as the Organon of Understanding Life\u003cbr\u003eOpen End\u003cbr\u003e41. Retrospective Reflections on the World-Conceptual Relevance of a Hermeneutics of Facticity\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400564973911,"sku":"9780253025555","price":48.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253025555.jpg?v=1730470995"},{"product_id":"politics-money-and-persuasion-democracy-and-opinion-in-platos-republic-9780253057662","title":"Politics Money and Persuasion  Democracy and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePolitics, Money, and Persuasion\u003c\/i\u003e, distinguished philosopher John Russon offers a new framework for interpreting Plato's The Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Early in his introduction, John Russon comments that the \u003ci\u003eRepublic \u003c\/i\u003eis the source of seemingly never-ending insights and fresh interpretations. He then goes on to substantiate this insight with his own fresh and provocative reading of this much-interpreted dialogue. His own reading sets out as a guiding insight that \u003ci\u003elogos, \u003c\/i\u003ethe peculiarly human ability to \"give an account,\" to formulate abstractions from specific instances, is a double-edged sword, at once a source of wondrous achievement and destructive misunderstanding, of philosophic insight and sophistic deception. This guiding principle leads to one thought-provoking insight after another—a genuinely fresh reading of the \u003ci\u003eRepublic.\u003c\/i\u003e\"—Drew Hyland, Charles A. Dana Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Trinity College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Like all truly excellent works of interpretation, John Russon's reading of the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e is an original and quite radical departure from traditional approaches, which nonetheless once it is set out in his characteristically lucid and direct philosophical prose, presents itself as almost obvious and common-sensical.\"—Sean D. 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This work shows us the continued relevance of reading Plato's \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e today.\"—Marina McCoy, Boston College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNote on Translations and Citations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePolitics, Money and Persuasion\u003cbr\u003e1. The Problem of Abstraction\u003cbr\u003e2. The Currencies of Power\u003cbr\u003eThe Vicissitudes of Opinion\u003cbr\u003e3. True Opinion\u003cbr\u003e4. Persuasion\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex of subjects\u003cbr\u003eIndex of passages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400609309015,"sku":"9780253057662","price":59.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253057662.jpg?v=1730471100"},{"product_id":"politics-money-and-persuasion-9780253057679","title":"Politics Money and Persuasion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Politics, Money, and Persuasion, distinguished philosopher John Russon offers a new framework for interpreting Plato's The Republic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Early in his introduction, John Russon comments that the \u003ci\u003eRepublic \u003c\/i\u003eis the source of seemingly never-ending insights and fresh interpretations. He then goes on to substantiate this insight with his own fresh and provocative reading of this much-interpreted dialogue. His own reading sets out as a guiding insight that \u003ci\u003elogos, \u003c\/i\u003ethe peculiarly human ability to \"give an account,\" to formulate abstractions from specific instances, is a double-edged sword, at once a source of wondrous achievement and destructive misunderstanding, of philosophic insight and sophistic deception. This guiding principle leads to one thought-provoking insight after another—a genuinely fresh reading of the \u003ci\u003eRepublic.\u003c\/i\u003e\"—Drew Hyland, Charles A. Dana Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Trinity College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Like all truly excellent works of interpretation, John Russon's reading of the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e is an original and quite radical departure from traditional approaches, which nonetheless once it is set out in his characteristically lucid and direct philosophical prose, presents itself as almost obvious and common-sensical.\"—Sean D. 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Arthos is learned in the best ‘humanist’ way, for he succeeds in creating something new of his own that will speak eloquently to all of us.” —Walter Jost, University of Virginia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gadamer suggests that the Christian idea of incarnation is a key to his hermeneutics, but does not explain his position in a detailed or systematic manner. Arthos brings his considerable knowledge of hermeneutics and rhetoric to bear on Gadamer's insight, recounting the rich intellectual history to which Gadamer gestures, and providing an extended and detailed exegesis of this pivotal point in the third part of \u003ci\u003eTruth and Method\u003c\/i\u003e. Gadamer's account of 'linguisticality,' Arthos explains, can best be understood through his use of a complex metaphor—the ‘inner word.’ Arthos matches his erudition with clear and clean prose, and his account exemplifies, rather than just describes, Gadamer's hermeneutical philosophy. Any scholar interested in Gadamer's philosophy should have this book on his or her shelf.” —Francis J. Mootz III, William S. Boyd Professor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Arthos's strength lies for me in his careful reading of the sources. He effectively commands the literature on the subject. This work shows in a sophisticated way the legacy of trinitarian theology for philosophical hermeneutics. The very complex task of illuminating the phenomenon of the \u003ci\u003everbum interius \u003c\/i\u003eand indicating its centrality for philosophical hermeneutics is accomplished by John Arthos with great sensitivity to the subject matter.” —Andrzej Wiercinski, The International Institute for Hermeneutics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“John Arthos’s . . . book . . . will be a model for future scholarship on Gadamer’s intellectual inheritance. . . . Drawing widely from Gadamer’s writings while focusing on one crucial move in Gadamer’s argument, it provides both a systemic interpretation of Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics and an informative overview of those views—ancient, medieval and modern—that helped shape crucial aspects of Gadamer’s thought.” —\u003ci\u003eNotre Dame Philosophical Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Arthos’s book is arguably the definitive statement on how to read Gadamer’s Trinitarian claim . . . an indispensable resource to practical rhetorical critics as well as to theorists in understanding what is at issue in our assumptions about language, agency, and meaning.” —\u003ci\u003eRhetoric and Public Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“While offering a close reading of Gadamer’s position on the inner word, the author’s book stands as a valid contribution to the philosophy and theology of ‘Logos,’ one that leads the reader to a more profound understanding of the nature of language and the linguistic self.” —\u003ci\u003eCatholic Library World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“. . . Arthos’s book provides a rich resource in delving into both the history of the \u003ci\u003everbum\u003c\/i\u003e and its hermeneutic appropriation by Gadamer. This work, then, is not only an essential read for Gadamerian scholars but also a valuable source for those interested in engaging the masters of medieval thought with the hermeneutic turn.” —\u003ci\u003eInternational Philosophical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Arthos explicates and emphasizes the contribution Gadamer made in \u003ci\u003eTruth\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Method\u003c\/i\u003e to hermeneutics and the study of human communication. 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Indeed, he succeeds not only in his inquiry but also in demonstrating, i.e., producing, the very workings of a culturally relevant hermeneutics.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Heythrop Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400723276119,"sku":"9780268020347","price":48.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780268020347.jpg?v=1730471393"},{"product_id":"treatise-on-divine-predestination-9780268042219","title":"Treatise on Divine Predestination","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTreatise on Divine Predestination\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the early writings of the author of the great philosophical work \u003cem\u003ePeriphyseon (On the Division of Nature)\u003c\/em\u003e, Johannes Scottus (the Irishman), known as Eriugena (died c. 877 A.D.). 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Mapping the Battlefield: Highlights of the Genesis and the Pre-Sixteenth Century\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopment of the Doctrine of Justification \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Stepping on To the Field of Battle: Luther on Justification in 1520 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Fortifying a Position: Luther on Justification in 1531 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Squaring Off Against an Unnamed but not Unknown Opponent: The Council of Trent on Justification \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Tactics of the Battle: An Analysis of the Biblical Texts and Hermeneutics Operative in Luther and Trent \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorks Cited \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400761450839,"sku":"9780268203290","price":71.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780268203290.jpg?v=1730471501"},{"product_id":"abelard-in-four-dimensions-9780268204013","title":"Abelard in Four Dimensions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbelard in Four Dimensions: A Twelfth-Century Philosopher in His Context and Ours\u003c\/i\u003e by John Marenbon, one of the leading scholars of medieval philosophy and a specialist on Abelard''s thought, originated from a set of lectures in the distinguished Conway Lectures in Medieval Studies series and provides new interpretations of central areas of Peter Abelard''s philosophy and its influence. The four dimensions of Abelard to which the title refers are that of the past (Abelard''s predecessors), present (his works in context), future (the influence of his thinking up to the seventeenth century), and the present-day philosophical culture in which Abelard''s works are still discussed and his arguments debated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers new to Abelard, this book provides an introduction to his life and works along with discussion of his central ideas in semantics, ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion. For specialists, the book contains new arguments about the authenticity and chrono\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This searching, thorough, and original study examines Abelard's past, present, and future, and our present. John Marenbon offers the best enquiry yet made into the sequence of Abelard's writings and their chronology, followed by an incisive and highly illuminating account of the various, successive formulations of his 'unpopular argument' to the effect that God cannot do otherwise than as he does. This is an accomplished work which will be eagerly read and hugely appreciated by students and their teachers on courses of philosophy, theology, and history.\" —David Luscombe, University of Sheffield\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Marenbon (Cambridge University), an important scholar of medieval philosophy, here returns to a topic that occupied him some years ago: the philosophy of Peter Abelard. Rather than serving as a general treatment of Abelard's philosophy, this book focuses on four different ways of reading the philosopher: in terms of his predecessors, his contemporaries, and his historical influence, and in terms of contemporary philosophy. 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These he submits to close examination, hewing his own path in submitting these topics to careful scrutiny, never coming to easy conclusions, but offering original insights. For audiences responsive to Marenbon’s approach his book offers value.” —\u003ci\u003eMediaevistik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Much of what is explored here is explored with clarity, care, and judgment. In an important sense Marenbon proves the thesis of the book: that historical understanding and background helpfully informs attempts to see in thinkers from another era versions of contemporary theories and can prevent misreadings of many kinds.” —\u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAbelard in Four Dimensions\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent introduction to the study of Peter Abelard. The 'four dimensions' in the title refer to future, past, and present—Abelard's and our own. . . . In his conclusion, Marenbon reflects intelligently on how best to bring medieval thinkers into the contemporary discussion: not by distortion, forcing medieval ideas into 'a conceptual framework where they do not belong,' but by asking ourselves not only how they resemble modern positions, but also how the problems addressed differ from those today's philosophers pose.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Medieval Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Throughout this book, but especially in its conclusion, Marenbon steps back and reflects upon methodologies of historians of philosophy. [Marenbon] has identified some weighty issues that any historian of philosophy must address, and one would be well advised to read Marenbon’s thoughtful remarks on this subject.” —\u003ci\u003eVivarium\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400762401111,"sku":"9780268204013","price":74.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780268204013.jpg?v=1730471504"},{"product_id":"loving-the-fine-9780268206413","title":"Loving the Fine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssuming that people want to be happy, can we show that they cannot be happy without being ethical, and that all rational people therefore should be able to see that it is in their own best interest to be ethical? Is it irrational to reject ethics? 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Shame Cultures, Collectivist Societies, Original Sin, And Pharaoh's Hardened Heart, pg. 63*Chapter Four. Can the Variation Be Explained Away?, pg. 84*Chapter Five. Where Do We Go from Here?, pg. 111*Chapter Six. A Metaskeptical Analysis of Libertarianism and Compatibilism, pg. 133*Chapter Seven. A Very Tentative Metaskeptical Endorsement of Eliminativism about Moral Responsibility, pg. 173*Notes, pg. 203*Bibliography, pg. 213*Index, pg. 223","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403765653847,"sku":"9780691139937","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691139937.jpg?v=1730484477"},{"product_id":"how-we-hope-9780691151526","title":"How We Hope","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents a novel account of hope, the motivational resources it presupposes, and its function in our practical lives. 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Anyone who is interested in the ethics of hope will find a great deal of valuable insight in this book.\"--Ben Sherman, Philosophy in Review \"Martin not only insightfully advances the philosophical literature on hope, but also, maybe more importantly, provides substantial food for thought to anyone whose philosophical interests encompass desires and motivations.\"--Rachel Fredericks, Mind \"Martin's work is a timely and instructive contribution to a rapidly expanding literature on hope.\"--Aaron D. 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Anyone who is interested in the ethics of hope will find a great deal of valuable insight in this book.\"--Ben Sherman, Philosophy in Review \"Martin not only insightfully advances the philosophical literature on hope, but also, maybe more importantly, provides substantial food for thought to anyone whose philosophical interests encompass desires and motivations.\"--Rachel Fredericks, Mind \"Martin's work is a timely and instructive contribution to a rapidly expanding literature on hope.\"--Aaron D. 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