| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 161 p.) |
| Contents |
Facing the inadequate model of modern science -- Introducing the key of play -- Understanding art : the play of work and spectator -- The play of interlocutors : understanding as dialogue -- The ethical conditions of dialogic play : between I and thou -- Genuine play in action : the model of the philosopher -- The value of genuine play : transition to play as a guide to life -- Play and practical philosophy : play as a guide to life -- The problem of closedness -- Cultivating an opening to dialogue |
| Summary |
Gadamer's Ethics of Play: Hermeneutics and the Other examines the ethical dimensions of understanding by focusing on Gadamer's concept of "play" as it is developed in his magnum opus Truth and Method. Monica Vilhauer argues for the global relevance of play in Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics by revealing play as the key concept that depicts the process of all understanding--that is, the dynamic, dialogical, and interpretive process by which interlocutors come to grasp a common subjectmatter together. Through the lens of dialogue-play, the book focuses on openness toward one's dialogue partn |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-151) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 1900-2002. Wahrheit und Methode.
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| SUBJECT |
Wahrheit und Methode (Gadamer, Hans-Georg) fast |
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Hermeneutics.
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Play (Philosophy)
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Other (Philosophy)
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Ethics.
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Ethics
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hermeneutics.
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ethics (philosophy)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Ethics
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Hermeneutics
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Other (Philosophy)
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Play (Philosophy)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021698214 |
| ISBN |
9780739139165 |
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0739139169 |
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1283084627 |
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9781283084628 |
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9786613084620 |
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661308462X |
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