Wilhelm Dilthey: Selected Works, Volume IV : Hermeneutics and the Study of History

The philosopher and historian of culture Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911) has had a significant and continuing influence on twentieth-century Continental philosophy and in a broad range of scholarly disciplines. This volume is the third to be published in Princeton University Press's projected six-volume series of his most important works. Part One makes available three of his works on hermeneutics and its history: "Schleiermacher's Hermeneutical System in Relation to Earlier Protestant Hermeneutics" (The Prize Essay of 1860); "On Understanding and Hermeneutics" (1867-68), based on student lecture notes, and the "The Rise of Hermeneutics" (1900), which traces the history of hermeneutics back to Hellenistic Greece. All the addenda to this well-known essay are translated here, some for the first time. In them Dilthey articulates three philo-sophical aporias concerning hermeneutics and projects an ultimate convergence between understanding and explanation. Part Two provides translations of review essays by Dilthey on Buckle's use of statistical history and on Burckhardt's cultural history; and essay "Friedrich Schlosser and the Problem of Universal History"; and a talk recalling his early years as a student of Boeckh, Jakob Grimm, Mommsen, Ranke, and Ritter. It also contains the important historical essay "The Eighteenth Century and the Historical World", in which Dilthey reexamines the Enlightenment to show its significant contributions to the rise of historical consciousness. The Philosopher And Historian Of Culture Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911) Has Had A Significant And Continuing Influence On Twentieth-century Continental Philosophy And In A Broad Range Of Scholarly Disciplines. This Volume Is The Third To Be Published In Princeton University Press's Projected Six-volume Series Of His Most Important Works. Schleiermacher's Hermeneutical System In Relation To Earlier Protestant Hermeneutics -- On Understanding And Hermeneutics : Student Lecture Notes (1867-68) -- The Rise Of Hermeneutics -- History And Science -- On Jacob Burckhardt's The Civilization Of The Renaissance In Italy -- Friedrich Christoph Schlosser And The Problem Of Universal History -- The Eighteenth Century And The Historical World -- Reminiscences On Historical Studies At The University Of Berlin. Wilhelm Dilthey ; Edited, With An Introduction, By Rudolf A. Makkreel And Frithjof Rodi. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This text is the third in a series of volumes presenting the work of the philosopher and historian of culture, Wilhelm Dilthey. The first part comprises three of his works on hermeneutics and its history, and the second provides translations of review essays, talks and other papers. 000_FrontMatter......Page 1 001_Section01......Page 13 002_Section02......Page 241 003_Section03......Page 247 004_Section04......Page 271 005_Section05......Page 283 006_Section06......Page 291 007_Section07......Page 337 008_Section08......Page 399 009_BackMatter......Page 403