Preface John McDowell Introduction Thomas J. Spiegel and Daniel Martin Feige 1. The Quiet Hermeneutics of John McDowell Sabina Lovibond 2. On Recognizing and Bridging the Gap between ‘Analytic’ and ‘Continental’ Philosophy Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer 3. Precariousness and the Situated Space of Reasons Shaun Gallagher 4. McDowell’s Theory of Perceptual Experience and the Rapprochement between Hermeneutics and Cognitive Sciences Nadja El Kassar 5. Liberalizing Second Nature: McDowell, Dilthey, and the Sociality of Reason Eric S. Nelson 6. Second Nature, Hermeneutics, and Objective Spirit Thomas J. Spiegel 7. Gadamer According to McDowell, McDowell According to Gadamer: A Meditation on Some Common Themes Sebastian Luft 8. Indeterminate Life. Themes of a Hermeneutical Anthropology in Gadamer and McDowell Daniel Martin Feige 9. Coming Full Circle: Experience, Tradition, and Critique in Gadamer and McDowell David Lauer 10. McDowell and the Hermeneutic Approach to the History of Philosophy Yael Gazit 11. The Fragility of Reflection and the Spectrum of Nature. McDowell, Brandom, and the Debate between Hermeneutics and Critical Theory Italo Testa