Search for dissertations about: "Anders Odenstedt"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Anders Odenstedt.

2. 1. Cognition and Cultural Context : An Inquiry into Gadamer's Theory of Context-Dependence

   Author : Anders Odenstedt; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Context-dependence; presupposition; tradition; historicism; hermeneutics; Gadamer; Dilthey; Heidegger; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : This study deals with the problem of the context-dependence of thought, as dealt with by the German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002). Gadamer stresses what he sees as the difficulty of bringing to awareness and criticising influences which preserve such dependence, and the role of traditions (Überlieferungen) in this regard. READ MORE