The Gadamerian Mind

Theodore George is Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University, USA. His research and teaching interests are in contemporary hermeneutics, contemporary continental ethics, and in German philosophy since Kant. His publications include Tragedies of Spirit: Tracing Finitude in Hegel’s Phenomenology (2007), The Responsibility to Understand: Hermeneutical Contours of Ethical Life (2020), and numerous articles and book chapters in his areas of interest. He is also translator of Günter Figal, Objectivity: the Hermeneutical and Philosophy, and serves as Editor of Epoché: a journal for the history of philosophy. Gert-Jan van der Heiden is Professor of Metaphysics at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He is the author of The Voice of Misery: A Continental Philosophy of Testimony (2020), Ontology after Ontotheology: Plurality, Event, and Contingency in Contemporary Philosophy (2014), and The Truth (and Untruth) of Language: Heidegger, Ricoeur, and Derrida on Disclosure and Displacement (2010). He (co-)edited Continental Perspectives on Community: Human Coexistence from Unity to Plurality (Routledge, 2020), Saint Paul and Philosophy: The Consonance of Ancient and Modern Thought (2017), Phenomenological Perspectives on Plurality (2014) and Investigating Subjectivity: Classical and New Perspectives (2012).

Introduction Theodore George and Gert-Jan van der Heiden Part 1: Overviews 1. Gadamer’s Century: Life, Times, and Works Jens Zimmermann 2. The Universality of Hermeneutic Understanding: The Strong, Somewhat Metaphysical Conclusion of Truth and Method Jean Grondin 3. Gadamer, Humanism, and the Humanities Dennis J. Schmidt 4. The Poetic Word, Art, and the Arts James Risser 5. Dialogue, Dialectic and Conversation Nicholas Davey 6. Gadamer on Solidarity Georgia Warnke Part 2: Key Concepts 7. Truth Gaetano Chiurazzi 8. Experience Lawrence K. Schmidt 9. Gadamer on Tradition David Vessey 10. Gadamer’s Concept of Language Carolyn Culbertson 11. Gadamer on Play and the Play of Art Cynthia Nielsen 12. Gadamer on the Politics of Translation Theodore George 13. Image (Picture) Günter Figal 14. Gadamer and Health Kevin Aho Part 3: Historical Influences 15. Gadamer and Plato: An Unending Dialogue Francisco J. Gonzalez 16. The Role of Aristotle in Gadamer’s Work Carlo DaVia 17. Gadamer’s Kant Robert J. Dostal 18. Hegel’s Truth and Gadamer’s Method Daniel O. Dahlstrom 19. Gadamer, Dilthey, and the Aporias of Historical Enlightenment Eric S. Nelson 20. Gadamer’s Heidegger: On Language and Metaphysics Niall Keane Part 4: Contemporary Encounters 21. Ricoeur and Gadamer Timo Helenius 22. Dialogue on Dialogue: Gadamer and Habermas Hans Herbert Kögler 23. Gadamer and Derrida Eddo Evink 24. Poem, Dialogue and Witness: Gadamer’s Reading of Paul Celan Gert-Jan van der Heiden 25. Gianni Vattimo’s Encounter with Gadamer: Hermeneutic Ontology from Dialogue to Conflict Silvia Benso Part 5: Beyond Philosophy 26. Gadamer and Theology Mirela Oliva 27. Gadamer and Jurisprudence Francis J. Mootz III 28. Hermeneutic Practice: What Gadamer Has to Teach Nursing Nancy Moules 29. Gadamer’s Critique of Historicism Anders Odenstedt 30. The Paradigmatic Interpenetration of Hermeneutics and Rhetoric John Arthos 31. Gadamer’s Contribution to Political Theory Darren Walhof Part 6: Legacies and Questions 32. Gadamer and the Postmodern Mind John D. Caputo 33. Gadamer in Anglo-America Greg Lynch 34. From the Hermeneutics of Historically Effected Consciousness to Concrete Cosmological Understanding Alejandro A. Vallega 35. Gadamer and Feminism Catherine Homan 36. Gadamer and Race Theory Tina Fernandes Botts 37. On Eurocentrism: The Reception of Gadamer’s Hermeneutics in or related to Chinese Philosophy Kathleen Wright 38. The Ontology of the Work of Art and the Universality of Hermeneutics Reconsidered: Gadamer and New Realism Markus Gabriel. Index