THE GADAMER READER:

A Bouquet of the Later Writings

 

CONTENTS

 

           

Introduction                                                                              iv

 

          Abbreviations                                                                            vii

 

          1. Self-Presentation                                                                  1    

 

I. Defining the Idea of a Philosophical Hermeneutics

 

2. Classical and Philosophical Hermeneutics                          44

 

3. The Universality of the Hermeneutical Problem                  84 

           

4. Language and Understanding                                             104 

 

5. Hermeneutics on the Trace                                                 124

 

                                                                                                            

 II. Hermeneutics, Art, and Poetry

 

6. Aesthetics and Hermeneutics                                              162 

 

7. On the Truth of the Word                                                   172

 

8. Text und Interpretation                                                       200

 

9. The Artwork in Word and Image                                       240

 

10. From Word to Concept                                                       282

                                                                                                           

                                                                                                           

III. Hermeneutics and Practical Philosophy

                                                                                                           

        11. Hermeneutics as Practical Philosophy                               297

 

12. Hermeneutics as a Theoretical and Practical Task            319      

               

13. Greek Philosophy and Modern Thinking                            339

 

14. On the Possibility of a Philosophical Ethics                        349

             

                                                                                                         

IV. Gadamer on Plato, Hegel, and Heidegger

 

15. Plato as Portraitist                                                               370

 

16. The Heritage of Hegel                                                         401

 

17. Heidegger and the Language of Metaphysics                     430 

 

18. Hermeneutics and the Ontological Difference                    442

 

 

V. Conclusion

 

19. Looking Back with Jean Grondin                                       460

                                                                     last page                       481

 

NOTES                                                                 

 

INDEX