@article{733717,
      recid = {733717},
      author = {Thaning, Morten S.,},
      title = {The problem of objectivity in Gadamer's hermeneutics in  light of McDowell's empiricism [electronic resource] /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {This book reassesses Gadamer's hermeneutics by bringing it  into a dialogue with John McDowell's minimal empiricism. It  employs the resources of McDowell's minimal empiricism to  address the transcendental and ontological presuppositions  for objective experience and understanding, while retaining  Gadamer's emphasis on the historicity of understanding. By  means of the dialogue with McDowell, the book develops a  hermeneutical conception of objectivity and perceptual  experience, which also entails reinterpretations of  Gadamer's notions of tradition, practical wisdom and  meaning. The book explores the philosophical space beyond  the analytic-Continental divide and demonstrates that  hermeneutics is not limited to a reflection on  understanding as it is practiced in the human sciences, but  can be revived as a distinct and cogent philosophical  approach with a transcendental and ontological dimension.  Thaning's book is a richly detailed, well-argued and  coherent presentation of a defensible, and potentially very  important, philosophical position. It demonstrates an  impressively deep understanding of the literature both from  the phenomenological tradition and from the part of the  analytical tradition, inspired by Wilfred Sellars, to which  John McDowell belongs. Being a substantial philosophical  achievement in its own right, the book raises far-reaching  questions that will be of interest to a wide audience. Dr.  Steven Crowell, Rice University, Houston (USA) Morten  Thaning's book is an important contribution to the  discourse of philosophical hermeneutics. Thaning  extensively discusses a topic, which recent debates have  touched upon, but which up to now has not been the subject  matter of concentrated scholarly work: the relation between  Gadamer's hermeneutics and McDowell's empiricism. With  Thaning's interpretation Gadamer' work can be read anew as  concerning the problem of hermeneutical objectivity. Prof.  Dr. Günter Figal, University of Freiburg (Germany).},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/733717},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18648-1},
}