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James Risser is Professor of Philosophy at Seattle University.
He received his doctorate from Dusquesne
University in 1978 and joined Seattle University in 1979. Dr. Risser
specializes in contemporary Continental philosophy, particularly the
philosophical hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer. He has published on a variety of thinkers,
including Kant, Heidegger, Nietzsche, and Derrida. Since 1999 he has served
as Secretary-Treasurer for the Society for Phenomenology and Existential
Philosophy. Dr. Risser's teaching has included
courses in Greek philosophy, 19th- and 20th-century philosophy, ethics, and
aesthetics.
Selected Publications
Hermeneutics and the Voice of the Other. Albany: SUNY Press, 1997. Summary.
"In Memoriam: Hans-Georg Gadamer,
(1900-2002)." Continental Philosophy Review 35:3 (July 2002).
"Phronesis as Kairological
Event." Epoche 7:1 (Fall
2002).
"In the Shadow of Hegel: Infinite Dialogue in Gadamer's
Hermeneutics." Research in Phenomenology 32 (2002).
"From Concept to Word: The Radicality of
Philosophical Hermeneutics." Continental Philosophy Review 30
(2000).
"Hermeneutics Between Gadamer and
Heidegger." Philosophy Today 41 (Supplement 1997).
Selected Presentations
"Keeping in Mind: Philosophical Discourse in Plato's Philebus." Collegium Phaenomenologicum, Citta di Castello,
Italy,
2002.
"Truth in Time and History: Hermeneutics and the Truth that Strikes
Back." 4th Annual Faith and Reason Conference, St. John Vianney College
Seminary, 2002.
"On the Difference Between Inauthentic and Authentic Historicality." American Philosophical
Association, Atlanta,
2001.
"Infinite Dialogue." American Philosophical Association, New York, 2000.
"Nietzsche, Non-Moral Truth, and the Task of Philosophy." The
Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Denver, 1998.
Complete
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