The contemporary situation

Translated by Thomas Nemeth

pp. 141-151

in: Gustav Špet, Hermeneutics and its problems, Berlin, Springer, 2019

Abstract

Shpet in this chapter presents his view that philosophical problems of knowledge as elucidated particularly in neo-Kantian tracts are not just incomplete and one-sided, but simply wrong. They are ignorant of the independent foundations of historical knowledge. From this thesis, Shpet explores the views of Swoboda, Erdmann, Finnbogason, and others.