The Linguistic Turn in Hermeneutic Philosophy (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought)
Contributors: José Medina (Translator)
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: December 10, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9780262122177
Subjects: Epistemology, theory of knowledge; Philosophy Of Language; Historical Linguistics; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Philosophy; Epistemology; History & Surveys - General; Linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics; 19th century; Hermeneutics; History; Language and languages; Philosophy, German
Description: "The linguistic turn in German philosophy was initiated in the eighteenth century in the work of Johann Georg Hamann, Johann Gottfried von Herder, and Wilhelm von Humboldt. It was further developed in this century by Martin Heidegger, and Hans-Georg Gadamer extended its influence to contemporary philosphers such as Karl-Otto Apel and Jurgen Habermas. This tradition focuses on the world-disclosing dimension of language, emphasizing its communicative over its cognitive function.".

"Although this study is concerned primarily with the German tradition of linguistic philosophy, it is very much informed by the parallel linguistic turn in Anglo-American philosophy, especially the development of theories of direct reference."--BOOK JACKET.