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This book provides an introduction to the historical sources of philosophical hermeneutics as it has come to fruition in the work of Heidegger and Gadamer.
"This book represents the best work in the field by one of the best thinkers in the area. Without question, Grondin is in many respects Gadamer's best intepreter." — Stephen Watson, University of Notre Dame
"I like the clarity of this book, and I like its directness and well-articulated understanding of hermeneutics in Heidegger and Gadamer. It is the clearest and most readable scholarly book on the topic in English." — Richard E. Palmer, MacMurray College
Introduction
1. From Metaphysics to Hermeneutics
2. The Task of Hermeneutics in Ancient Philosophy
3. Husserl's Silent Contribution to Hermeneutics
4. The Ethical and Young Hegelian Sources of Heidegger's Hermeneutics of Factivity
5. Prolegomena to an Understanding of Heidegger's Turn
6. On the Sources of Truth and Method
7. Gadamer and Augustine
8. Gadamer on Humanism
9. Humanism and the Hermeneutical Limits of Rationality
10. The Hermeneutics Intelligence of Language
Notes
Index