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171Practical philosophy as a model of the human sciencesResearch in Phenomenology 9 (1): 74-85. 1979.
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89On the Threefold Sense of Mimesis in Plato's RepublicEpoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy 17 (2): 249-256. 2013.The traditional reading of Plato’s criticism of the poets and painters in Book 10 of the Republic is that they merely imitate. In light of Plato’s own image-making, the critique of imitation requires a more careful examination, especially in regards to painting. This paper argues that it is insufficient to view Plato’s critique of image-making by the painter solely in terms of the image replication that does not consider the eidos. In view of the context of Plato’s argument within Book 10 and el…Read more
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85In the shadow of Hegel: Infinite dialogue in Gadamer's hermeneuticsResearch in Phenomenology 32 (1): 86-102. 2002.This paper explores the place of Hegel in Gadamer's hermeneutics through an analysis of the idea of "infinite dialogue." It is argued that infinite dialogue cannot be understood as a limited Hegelianism, i.e., as the life of spirit in language that does not reach its end. Rather, infinite dialogue can be understood only by taking the Heideggerian idea of radical finitude seriously. Thus, while infinite dialogue has a speculative element, it remains a dialogue conditioned by the occlusion in temp…Read more
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64Discourse, Dialectic, and the Art of WeavingEpoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy 13 (2): 291-298. 2009.This paper explores the way in which the art of weaving, as it is initially presented in Plato’s Statesman, serves to configure both the fundamental character ofdiscourse and the limit experience of discourse for Plato. The problem that arises in relation to this configuration pertains to the possible unity of discourse (and with it the acquisition of knowledge). In relation to the hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer and his reading of Plato, it is argued that the unity of discourse follows “the …Read more
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51Hermeneutics and the Voice of the Other: Re-Reading Gadamer's Philosophical HermeneuticsState University of New York Press. 1997.Elucidates the major components of Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics found in his later work
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43Phronesis As Kairological EventEpoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy 7 (1): 107-119. 2002.
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40In memoriam: Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002) (review)Continental Philosophy Review 35 (3): 241-243. 2002.
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39Practical Reason, Hermeneutics, and Social LifeProceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 58 (n/a): 84. 1984.
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38Heidegger toward the turn: essays on the work of the 1930s (edited book)State University of New York Press. 1999._Leading figures in Heidegger scholarship critically reflect on the dominant topics of Heidegger's thought during the 1930s._
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38On Freedom in Another SenseEpoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy 17 (1): 99-109. 2012.This paper assesses the philosophical project of Charles Scott, beginning with his first book, Boundaries in Mind, and including his most recent work on “Bordered Americans.” The interpretive focus for the assessment concentrates on what Scott early on characterizes as boundary awareness: the appearing of difference in appearance. In this context, it is argued that what is fundamentally at issue in Scott’s philosophy is a sense of freedom other than that which is associated with subjectivity an…Read more
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36The Life of Understanding: A Contemporary HermeneuticsIndiana University Press. 2012.In Gadamer’s hermeneutics, interpretation is inseparable from the broader concern of making one’s way in life. In this book, James Risser builds on this insight about the juxtaposition of human living and the act of understanding by tracing hermeneutics back to the basic experience of philosophy as defined by Plato. For Risser, Plato provides resources for new directions in hermeneutics and new possibilities for "the life of understanding" and "the understanding of life." Risser places Gadamer i…Read more
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35American Continental Philosophy: A Reader (edited book)Indiana University Press. 2000.American Continental Philosophy is the first anthology to gather a representative selection of the most important and original thinkers from the continental tradition in the U.S. The essays reflect the diverse directions and methodologies that have emerged from this influential field. This state-of-the-art sampler showcases the richness and scope of American continental philosophy and will be of value to the entire philosophical community
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32Nietzsche’s View of Philosophical Style: CommentsInternational Studies in Philosophy 18 (2): 83-86. 1986.
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32Ethical Hermeneutics, or How the Ubiquity of the Finite Casts the Human in the Shadow of the Dark Side of the MoonEpoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy 22 (1): 79-89. 2017.This paper attempts to define Dennis J. Schmidt’s distinctive contribution to philosophy and to contemporary hermeneutics in particular under the heading of an ethical hermeneutics. The idea of an ethical hermeneutics is considered in relation to four aspects: 1) the element of practice as the constitutive element of ethical hermeneutics; 2) the force of practice: finitude; 3) the idiom as the place of finitude; 4) ethical hermeneutics and the domain of the common. The fourth aspect constitutes …Read more
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31Truth, Fiction, and Literature (review)Review of Metaphysics 49 (3): 666-667. 1996.This book is a focused study of the specific problem in aesthetics of literature's relation to truth. The authors's treatment of the problem is both expansive and highly nuanced, undoubtedly a result not only of the co-authoring of the book, which by all indications is a true collaborative effort, but also of the fact that the book is the product of a decade of work on the problem. The division of labor for the book, though, is obvious in the treatment of different aspects of the problem. Lamarq…Read more
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27The disappearance of the text: Nietzsche's double hermeneuticResearch in Phenomenology 15 (1): 133-142. 1985.
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24The Incapacity of LanguageJournal of the British Society for Phenomenology 40 (3): 300-311. 2009.