Objectivity, Communication, and the Foundation of Understanding Book

	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction	1
	The Beginning of a Sojourn	1
	The Intellectual Context	4
	Dominant Themes	10
	An Overarching Theme	13
	Human Understanding	13
	Statement of the Problem	14
	Phenomenological Methodology	14
	Researching the Lifeworld	16
	Evidence Collection and Analysis	18
	Interpretive Writing: A Problem With a View	20
2	A Material Domain	23
	Specific Dimensional Concepts	23
	Univocality: Narration and Description	29
3	A Social Domain	35
	Fairness	36
	Honesty	36
	Trust	38
	Responsibility	42
	The Use of "Right": A Special Case in Realist Discourse	45
	Discussion	48
4	Antinomies	55
	Combining Realist and Hermeneutic Views	55
	"Rights" as Relative Entities	61
5	Synthetic Discourse	69
	Realist Parables and Formational Rationality	70
	Transformational Rationality and Epiphanous Experiences	74
6	Justification	81
	Justifying	81
	Exemplars of Justificatory Discourse	83
7	Integration	93
	Summary of Interpretive Effort	93
	Consistency and Coherence	94
	Human Understanding	97
	Integrity and the Integration of Understanding	102
8	Conclusion	113
	Objectivity and Cosmographical Necessity	113
	The Critical and Ethnographic Studies	120
	Future Research	124
	Wider Implications and a Personal Transformation	125
	Appendix A: Initial Contact Letter	129
	Appendix B: Aide Memoir	131
	Appendix C: Synthetic Discourse Examples	133
	References	143
	Index	153