Gadamer's Truth and Method

Greg Lynch is Associate Professor of Philosophy at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, where he teaches courses on a range of subjects, including hermeneutics, the history of philosophy, aesthetics, existentialism, and the philosophy of mind. His research focuses on issues in hermeneutics and the philosophy of language, particularly as they arise in the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer, Donald Davidson, and the ordinary language tradition. Cynthia R. Nielsen is an Associate Professor at the University of Dallas, where she teaches courses in the areas of hermeneutics, aesthetics, the philosophy of music/art, and the history of philosophy. Her articles have appeared in journals such as Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy, Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, The Polish Journal of Aesthetics, and Philosophy and Literature. She has published two books, the most recent is entitled Interstitial Soundings:Philosophical Reflections on Improvisation, Practice, and Self-Making, which focuses on the philosophy and phenomenology of music as well as the social and political dimensions of music-making. Her current research centers on bringing Hans-Georg Gadamer's reflections on art into conversation with the insights and practices of 20th and 21st century music and art. She currently serves as the Secretary of the North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics.

There is no doubt this book will make a welcome contribution to the existing literature in the field, and it is distinct in important ways from many other books in the field. Anyone who has read Gadamer’s work will be interested in this book.

• IntroductionThe Basic Structure and Argument of Truth and Method, Jean GrondinChapter 1 Gadamer on the Significance of the Humanist Tradition for the Human Sciences, or: Truth and Edification, Theodore GeorgeChapter 2 Gadamer’s Astonishing Question: Engaging with Gadamer’s Critique of Kant’s Aesthetics, Nicholas DaveyChapter 3 Re-claiming Art’s Claim to Truth, Daniel L. TateChapter 4 Gadamer on Play as Ontological Explanation, Jessica FrazierChapter 5 Gadamer and the Plastic Arts, Cynthia R. NielsenChapter 6 Schleiermacher’s Hermeneutics and Historical Meaning, Kevin M. Vander SchelChapter 7 Phenomenology’s Essential Role in the Hermeneutic Tradition, David VesseyChapter 8 The Historical Situation of Thought as a Hermeneutic Principle, Carolyn CulbertsonChapter 9 The Recovery of the Fundamental Hermeneutic Problem, Application and Normativity, David LiakosChapter 10 The Finitude of Reflection, Greg LynchChapter 11 Language as Medium of Hermeneutic Experience, Carlo DaViaChapter 12 Ga