Publisher's Synopsis
Gianni Vattimo is one of the internationally best known Italian philosophers. Following Luigi Pareyson and Hans Georg Gadamer and building upon HeideggerÆs and NietzscheÆs philosophies, he formulated his idea of æweak reasonÆ, according to which our ethical, political and philosophical thinking lacks absolute and objective foundations. Dario Antiseri û one of the most authoritative Italian philosophers, who introduced Karl PopperÆs thinking in Italy and whose works have been translated into various languages û presents VattimoÆs theories within the wider context of contemporary philosophy, concentrating on those actors who criticised the æabuse of reasonÆ and helped define the limits of human thinking (Friedrich A. von Hayek, Karl R. Popper, Hans Georg Gadamer, etc). He asks Vattimo fundamental questions about the nature of philosophy, the substantial identity between PopperÆs epistemology and GadamerÆs hermeneutic theory, the attitude of contemporary philosophy in the face of religious faith and the possibility of religious thinking.
