Introductory: Perspectives on Reality and "The World" in the Realism Debate

• Authors: Dimitri Ginev
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

One of the "characteristic parameters" dividing up analytical and Continental philosophizing is the interpretation of the concepts of "reality" and "the world". The paper offers an analysis of this characteristic parameter with regard to the relations between epistemologically centred and hermeneutically oriented doctrines of realism.

Keywords

EN

hermeneutic construal of the world; interrelatedness of practices; interpretative appropriation of possibilities

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 111-125

Dates

published

2009-06-01

online

2009-06-19

Contributors

author

Dimitri Ginev

• Department of Philosophy, University of Sofia, Tzar Osvoboditel 15 Blvd., Sofia 1000, Bulgaria

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10023-009-0027-7