Combines phenomenology with the "enactivist" approach to consciousness theory and recent emotion research to explore the way self-motivated action plans shape selective attention, exploration, and ultimately the mind's interpretation of reality - in philosophy, psychology, cultural awareness, and our personal lives.

Applies a method of comparative cultural hermeneutics to let the tradition speak on its own terms.

Uses a comparative hermeneutical method to explain the most important terms in the classical Confucian philosophical texts, in an effort to allow the tradition to speak on its own terms.

Proposes a theoretically rich treatment of temporality within exile as "gerundive" time.

An original reading of Nietzsche and Heidegger that paved the way for Vattimo's conception of weak thought.

A holistic reinterpretation of Santayana’s thought in terms of a dramatic philosophy of life.

Essays address the major themes of Pareyson’s hermeneutic philosophy in the context of his existentialist approach to personhood.

Advances a hermeneutic conception of truth as a mode of being, in dialogue with Aristotle, Nietzsche, Gadamer, Heidegger, Putnam, and Rorty.

Engages the work and career of the philosopher Hugh J. Silverman.

Proposes that cinematic time is not a fixed idea, but a dynamic exchange between film and viewer.

An assessment and reevaluation of nihilism’s ascendency over metaphysics.

A resolute defense of philosophy and hermeneutics against the threats of dogmatism and relativism.

A rich hermeneutic account of the way virtue is understood and developed.

A new reading of justice engaging the work of two philosophical poets who stand in conversation with the work of Martin Heidegger.

Foundational collection on one of the most influential concepts to emerge from contemporary Italian philosophy.

A hermeneutics of language after Auschwitz.

Expanded new edition of a classic examination of the psychological roots of our ecological crisis.

A practical hermeneutics of time.

Appearing for the first time in English, Günter Figal’s groundbreaking book in the tradition of philosophical hermeneutics offers original perspectives on perennial philosophical problems.

Essays describe Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo’s unique and radical hermeneutic philosophy.

A cross-cultural work which reinvigorates the consideration of enlightenment.

Takes Heidegger’s later thought as a point of departure for exploring the boundaries of post-conceptual thinking.

Explores the relationship between philosophy and art through the work of Cuban American artist Carlos Estévez.

This second edition of the author's classic study of Kant's First Critique includes a new preface and extensive afterword.

Leading scholars address Paul Ricoeur's last major work, Oneself as Another.