Chris Lawn (philosopher)
{{short description|Irish philosopher}}
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Chris Lawn is an Irish philosopher, the author of several books on Gadamer's thought and on hermeneutics. Lawn has a B.A. from the University of Wales, an M.A. from the University of Sussex, and a Ph.D. from the National University of Ireland. He has taught philosophy in Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick.{{cite web|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/17819727/mary-immaculate-college-annual-guide-2011-2012-limerickie|page=129|title=Annual Guide|publisher=Mary Immaculate College|date=2011–2012|via=Yumpu}}
Books
- Wittgenstein and Gadamer: Towards a Post-Analytic Philosophy of Language, Continuum Press, 2005Reviews of Wittgenstein and Gadamer:
- {{cite journal |last1=Tanesini |first1=Alessandra |title=Wittgenstein and Gadamer: Towards a Post-Analytic Philosophy of Language |journal=Radical Philosophy |date=2006 |volume=135 |url=https://philpapers.org/rec/TANWAG}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Briggs |first1=Richard S. |title=Wittgenstein and Gadamer: towards a Post-Analytic Philosophy of Language. By Chris Lawn |journal=The Heythrop Journal |date=May 2009 |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=550–551 |doi=10.1111/j.1468-2265.2009.00484_36.x |language=en|doi-access=free }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Dostal |first1=Robert |title=Review of Wittgenstein and Gadamer: Towards a Post-Analytic Philosophy of Language |journal=Notre Dame Philosophical Review |date=18 June 2005 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/wittgenstein-and-gadamer-towards-a-post-analytic-philosophy-of-language/ |language=en |issn=1538-1617}}
- {{cite journal|last=Barthold|first=L. S|title=Chris Lawn, Wittgenstein and Gadamer: Towards a Post-Analytic Philosophy of Language|journal=Philosophy in Review|volume=25|issue=4|date=August 2005|pages=271–273|url=https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pir/article/view/6253}}
- {{cite journal|last=Aho|first=Kevin|date=June 2006|doi=10.1080/10848770600668431|issue=3|journal=The European Legacy|pages=333–334|title=Book Reviews|volume=11}}
- Gadamer: a Guide for the Perplexed, Continuum. 2006Review of Gadamer: a Guide for the Perplexed:
- {{cite journal |last1=Drechsler |first1=Wolfgang |title=Chris Lawn, "Gadamer: A Guide for the Perplexed." |journal=Philosophy in Review |date=April 2007 |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=124–6 |url=https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pir/article/view/789}}
- The Gadamer Dictionary, with Niall Keane, A&C Black. 2011Review of The Gadamer Dictionary:
- {{cite journal|last=Moore|first=Michael Edward|date=July 2013|doi=10.1080/10848770.2013.791451|issue=4|journal=The European Legacy|pages=520–521|title=The Gadamer Dictionary|volume=18}}
- The Blackwell Companion to Hermeneutics, edited with Niall Keane, Wiley-Blackwell. 2015
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Category:Academics of the University of Limerick
Category:Alumni of University College Dublin
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