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Saving historical reality (even if we construct it)In Tor Egil Førland & Branko Mitrovic (eds.), The Poverty of Anti-realism: Critical Perspectives on Postmodernist Philosophy of History, Lexington Books. 2023.
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5PhenomenologyIn Aviezer Tucker (ed.), A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography, Wiley‐blackwell. 2008.This chapter contains sections titled: Husserl's Phenomenology Phenomenology and History Heidegger Later Developments in Phenomenology Prospects for a Phenomenological Philosophy of History References.
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“A False Dilemma: Philosophy is Either Argument or Mere Poetry”Registers of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. 2016.
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“Gadamer’s Hermeneutics and the Question of Authorial Intention”In William Irwin (ed.), The Death and Resurrection of the Author?. pp. 45-64. 2002.
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Gadamer and the Heterogeneity of UnderstandingIn Mirko Wischke & Michael Hofer (eds.), Gadamer Verstehen = Understanding Gadamer, . 2003.
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Review of Steven G. Smith, Full History: On the Meaningfulness of Shared Action (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. 2017.
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“Phenomenology and History"In Aviezer Tucker (ed.), Blackwell Companion to Philosophy of History and Historiography, Blackwell-wiley. pp. 508-517. 2008.
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McDowell aus der Sicht der HermeneutikIn Barth Christian & Lauer David (eds.), Die Philosophie John McDowells, Mentis. pp. 263-282. 2014.
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“Hermeneutischer Perspektivismus” in Hartmut von Sass (ed.), Perspectivismus: Neue Beiträge aus der Erkenntnistheorie, Hermeneutik und Ethik, (Blaue Reihe) Felix Meiner Verlag, 2019, Hamburg, pp. 83-100.In Perspectivismus: Neue Beiträge aus der Erkenntnistheorie, Hermeneutik und Ethik. pp. 83-100. 2019.
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20“What is an Existential Emotion?,” Hungarian Philosophical Review 64 (December 2020), pp. 88-100.Hungarian Philosophical Review 64 88-100. 2020.
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“On the Compatibility of Competing Narratives Interpretation”Balkan Journal of Philosophy 13 5-10. 2021.
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1Rajchman, John. Philosophical Events: Essays of The '80SJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 50 (2): 168-168. 1992.
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7The Relational Properties Approach to a Theory of InterpretationThe Paideia Archive: Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy 31 40-45. 1998.This paper reexamines the central thesis of Gadamer’s theory of interpretation that objectivity is not a suitable ideal for understanding a text, historical event or cultural phenomenon because there exists no one correct interpretation of such phenomena. Because Gadamer fails to make clear the grounds for this claim, I consider three possible arguments. The first, predominant in the secondary literature, is built on the premise that we cannot surpass our historically situated prejudgments. I re…Read more
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41Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action (review)Philosophical Review 101 (4): 924-926. 1992.This long-awaited book sets out the implications of Habermas's theory of communicative action for moral theory. "Discourse ethics" attempts to reconstruct a moral point of view from which normative claims can be impartially judged. The theory of justice it develops replaces Kant's categorical imperative with a procedure of justification based on reasoned agreement among participants in practical discourse.Habermas connects communicative ethics to the theory of social action via an examination of…Read more
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1Sartre on the Authenticity, Required if My Choices are to Be Truly MineFilozofia 66 879-889. 2011.My making choices and acting on those choices in a way that might count as my being free would seem to require that those choices are truly my choices. Furthermore, for my choices to be truly mine, it would seem that these choices must reflect my true self. So it seems that choosing and acting freely depends in a robust sense on such choosing and acting being authentic. Yet the concept of authenticity seems problematic. What or where is that true self which would be the basis for authentic choos…Read more
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Space and Pluralism (edited book)CEU Press. 2016.This book addresses the social, functional and symbolic dimensions of urban space in today’s world. The twelve essays range from a conceptual framing of the issues to case descriptions, rich with illustrations. Together they provide a thorough exploration of the nature and significance of social space and particular aspects of its distribution in today’s urban spaces and the various factors that are competing for it. The book addresses a topic that is intrinsically interdisciplinary. Questions o…Read more
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The Pragmatic Turn in Early HeideggerDissertation, Columbia University. 1990.This dissertation aims to clarify and evaluate early Heidegger's argument that traditional philosophy has fallen victim to an intellectualistic fallacy because it overlooks the fact that human beings are not merely knowers, but also historically rooted, willing agents. The argument at issue purports to show that 'care' and 'concern' are central to a proper philosophical understanding of knowledge, truth and experience. ;I begin with a detailed analysis of two key terms in Heidegger's argument, '…Read more
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216A New Defense of Gadamer’s HermeneuticsPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 60 (1): 45-65. 2000.This paper re-examines the central thesis of Gadamer’s hermeneutics that objectivity is not a suitable ideal for understanding a text, historical event, or cultural phenomenon because there exists no one correct interpretation of such phenomena. Because Gadamer fails to make clear the grounds for this claim, this paper considers three possible arguments. The first, predominant in the literature on Gadamer, is built on the premise that we cannot surpass our historically situated prejudgments. The…Read more
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