PAUL RICOEUR (1913-2005) was a French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutic interpretation. As such his thought is situated within the same tradition as other major hermeneutic phenomenologists, Martin Heidegger and Hans-Georg Gadamer. EDWARD G. BALLARD (1910-1989) was a professor emeritus of philosophy at Tulane University. LESTER E. EMBREE is the William F. Dietrich Eminent Scholar in philosophy at Florida Atlantic University. DAVID CARR is the Charles Howard Candler professor of philosophy at Emory University.