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Sekund?rlitteratur
Simon Critchley: Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, 2001. Oxford Univ. Press. . 140 sider.
Utfyllende litteratur
David Cooper: Existentialism, 1990. Oxford: Blackwell.
Jean Grondin: Einführung in die philosophische Hermeneutik, 1991. Darmstadt.
Paul Ricoeur: Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences, 1981. Cambridge Univ. Press.
Arne Johan Vetlesen & Erik St?nicke: Fra hermeneutikk til psykoanalyse. Muligheter og grenser i filosofiens m?te med psykoanalysen, 1999. Oslo: Ad Notam Gyldendal.