Verstehen and Humane Understanding
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This new collection of essays addresses topics that are of crucial importance to the lives of us all. Can we be rational about human life without being scientific? Is historical understanding different from scientific understanding? Do psychology, religion and aesthetics have their own forms of rationality? The contributors address these and related questions, some focusing on the history of the development of the notion of Verstehen, others examining particular areas of discourse and practice.
Anthony O'Hear
Anthony O'Hear OBE is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Buckingham and was Head of its Department of Education. For twenty-five years he was Honorary Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and editor of its journal Philosophy, as well as co-founder of the Journal of Applied Philosophy and editor emeritus of The Fortnightly Review. He has published extensively on philosophy and on education and has been an advisor to several British governments on education.
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