The Dilemma of Context

By Ben-Ami Scharfstein
Published: 1989
Open Access Since: 2016
Paperback ISBN: 9780814779163
Hardcover ISBN: 9780814778906
Consumer eBook ISBN: 9780814739518
Library eBook ISBN: 9780814788745
Number of pages: 236 pages
In The Dilemma of Context, Scharfstein contends that the problems encountered with context are insoluble. He explains why this problem lays an intellectual burden on us that, while remaining inescapable, can become so heavy it destroys the understanding it was created to further.

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Ben-Ami Scharfstein was born and raised in New York City.After recieving his doctorate from Columbia University, he went on to teach at Brooklyn College and Hunter College.
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