The book examines metaphilosophical issues and contemporary philosophy, in particular such movements as hermeneutics, pragmatism, structuralism and deconstructionism. The author calls the new project of philosophical and metaphilosophical investigations which his work aims to present «philosophical heuristics».

«Philosophical Heuristics» aims to translate philosophical issues into meta-philosophical issues examined from a unique perspective. The analytical and interpretive practice of heuristics seeks to grasp synchronously all the processes leading to the formation of philosophical discourse, its language, form and content. The book takes hermeneutics and pragmatism as a starting point for a multifaceted and systematic examination of philosophical heuresis and promotes a style of philosophising «in the suspense of heuristic reflection», something more than ordinary theoretical self-awareness.

Autorentext

Jan Hartman is Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Bioethics at the Medical School of Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. He is interested in metaphilosophy, political philosophy, ethics and bioethics.

Inhalt

Contents: Heuristics Heuresis Methods in philosophy Metaphilosophy Dialectics Pragmatism Rhetoric Hermeneutics Structuralism Self-knowledge Deconstructionism.