Being Played: Gadamer and Philosophy's Hidden Dynamic

by Jeremy Sampson

Are we being played? Is our understanding of the traditionally fixed and static concepts of philosophy based on an oversimplification? This book explores some of the theories of the self since Descartes, together with the rationalism and the empiricism that sustain these ideas, and draws some startling conclusions using Gadamer's philosophical study of play as its starting point. Gadamer's ludic theory, Sampson argues, reveals a dynamic of play...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1622739027
• ISBN13: 9781622739028
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Vernon Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"