Hans Blumenberg was an important philosopher in post-war Germany who had a profound influence on the Western intellectual tradition. His works have received widespread attention under the organization of the German Literary Archives. Blumenberg's research areas are extensive, including medieval nominalism, Copernican astronomy, Goethe biography, Husserl phenomenology, and Carl Schmitt political theology. He focuses on how humans construct culture and meaning within the context of history and limitations, and explores the foundational issues of human self understanding and world understanding. Blumenberg's writing style combines philosophical and literary elements, with an open attitude towards poetic and rhetorical factors. He believes that the interpretation of literary and linguistic symbols is a cultural technique for humans to construct "world readability". This issue includes three papers that explore Blumenberg's ideas from different perspectives.