Limerick Philosophical Society

Editor: Dr. Chris Lawn, Editorial Board: Dr. John Hayes, David Blake M.A., Dr. Jones Irwin

Monthly Meeting Details 2008/2009 Monday Night Series of Lectures 8.00 p.m - Room 207 Mary Immaculate College Limerick Ireland Open to members and  non-members Admission Free Monday  ###### Title "#########" Speaker ###############	Welcome to the Limerick Philosophical Society's Web Site. We hope you will find the site interesting and useful. We look forward to meeting you at one of our monthly lectures in:- Mary Immaculate College South Circular Road Limerick Ireland

In September 1984 forty six graduates in Philosophy, at the Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, founded the Limerick Philosophical Society. The Society holds seven meetings at the College between October and May, generally on the last Monday of each month.

Admission is free and all are welcome. Average attendance at meetings has been 30; on one occasion there was an attendance of 66.

Papers are presented by members of the Society or by invited guest speakers.

Objectives of the Society

To promote an interest in philosophy in the general public; to question and examine presuppositions implicit in everyday life.

The broad aim of the Society is to promote the study of philosophy in all its branches: logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, social and political philosophy, and the philosophies of religion, science, history, language, mind, and education.

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Gadamer: A Guide for the Perplexed by Chris Lawn

Gadamer: A Guide for the Perplexed is the ideal text for anyone trying to get to grips with Gadamer's work. Providing a clear account of the central tenets of Gadamer's philosophy, the book does not shy away from the more complex material and provides an invaluably thorough and fully engaged account of Gadamer's hermeneutics. There is clear exposition and analysis of such key terms - often problematic for the reader - as 'fusion of horizons', 'effective historical consciousness' and 'the logic of question and answer', as well as Gadamer's redefinition of such concepts as 'prejudice', 'authority' and 'tradition'. The book also discusses Gadamer's influence in other areas of philosophy; the response of other philosophers to his work; and criticisms of his work on the grounds of relativism. Click here to Download details of Chris Lawn's Gadamer: A Guide for the Perplexed.

Towards a Post-Analytic Philosophy of Language- by Chris Lawn. A comparative study of the work of two major philosophers of language – Ludwig Wittgenstein and Hans-Georg Gadamer – and a groundbreaking work of post-analytic philosophy. KEY SALES POINTS • Bridges the divide between 'analytic' and 'continental' philosophy. • Comparative study of two major names in twentieth-century philosophy. • First book of its kind and therefore no direct competition. • Particularly relevant for the philosophy of language –a core subdiscipline of philosophy, taught in nearly all departments.

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