James C. Risser
Born1946
EducationDuquesne University (PhD)
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
InstitutionsSeattle University
ThesisTruth and Aesthetic Experience in Kant's Critique of Judgement (1978)
Doctoral advisorJohn Sallis
Main interests
hermeneutics

James Conrad Risser (born 1946) is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Seattle University. He was Pigott-McCone Endowed Chair of Humanities between 1991 and 1994 and the president of the North American Society of Philosophical Hermeneutics (2012–2015).[1]

Books

  • The Life of Understanding: A Contemporary Hermeneutics. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2012)
  • (Edited) American Continental Philosophy. Edited by Walter Brogan and James Risser. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000)
  • (Edited) Heidegger Toward the Turn: The Work of the 1930s. (Albany: SUNY Press, 1999)
  • Hermeneutics and the Voice of the Other: Re-reading Hans-Georg Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics (Albany: SUNY Press, 1997)

References

  1. "Faculty and Staff - Philosophy Department - Departments - College of Arts and Sciences - Seattle University". www.seattleu.edu.


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