Updating the Interpretive Turn

This collection of essays explores the meaning of the interpretive turn in the philosophy of the human sciences for a variety of contemporary philosophical debates.

Michiel Meijer is a Lecturer and Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Antwerp. His recent publications include "Articulating Better, Being Better: Ethical Emancipation and the Sources of Motivation." Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (2022) 25:1, 107-122 and "Clarifying Moral Clarification: On Taylor's Contribution to Metaethics." International Journal of Philosophical Studies (2021) 29:5, 705-722.

Introduction: Hermeneutics in the Wake of The Interpretive Turn Michiel Meijer Part I: American Case Studies 1. Worldmaking in the Social Sciences: Double-Hermeneutic Effects, As-If Scenarios, and Narrative Causality Jason Blakely 2. Hermeneutics and Polarized Identities Georgia Warnke Part II: Non-Relativist, Realist, and Non-Anthropocentric Approaches 3. A Hermeneutics of Dialogical Understanding in the "Post-Truth" Era: Ontology, Epistemology, and Ethics Hanna Meretoja 4. What Is Interpretive Metaethics and Why Do We Need It? Michiel Meijer 5. "How Other Kinds of Beings See Us Matters": On the Scope of Interpretation Arne Johan Vetlesen Part III: Interpretation as Practice 6. Hermeneutics as a Metaphilosophy and a Philosophy of Work Nicholas H. Smith 7. Hermeneutics and Testimony: On Selfhood and the Constitution of the Social Bond Gert-Jan van der Heiden 8. Measurement, Hermeneutics, and Standardization: Why Gadamerian Hermeneutics is Necessary to Contemporary Philosophy of Science Leah McClimans Index