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Gadamer : a philosophical portrait

By Gadamer , Hans-Georg; Gadamer , Hans-Georg; Keane , Niall; Di Cesare , Donatella

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
0253007631, 978-0-253-00763-6, 978-0-253-00768-1, 0253007682
Language
englishitalian
Format
EPUB
Filesize
693 kB (710069 bytes)
Series
Studies in Continental thought
Pages
233\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
-- 1900-2002. Philosophers -- Germany. PHILOSOPHYGadamerHans-Georg

Description

Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002), one of the towering figures of contemporary Continental philosophy, is best known for Truth and Method, where he elaborated the concept of "philosophical hermeneutics," a programmatic way to get to what we do when we engage in interpretation. Donatella Di Cesare highlights the central place of Greek philosophy, particularly Plato, in Gadamer's work, brings out differences between his thought and that of Heidegger, and connects him with discussions and debates in pragmatism. This is a sensitive and thoroughly readable philosophical portrait of one of the 20th century’s most powerful thinkers.

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