TRUTH AND METHOD (STAGBOOKS)

by Hans-Georg Gadamer

Paperback, 1979

Status

Available

Call number

121

Collections

Your library, Philosophy

Publication

CONTINUUM INTERNATIONAL PUBLIS (1979), 632 pages

Description

Truth and Method is a landmark work of 20th century thought which established Hans Georg-Gadamer as one of the most important philosophical voices of the 20th Century. In this book, Gadamer established the field of 'philosophical hermeneutics': exploring the nature of knowledge, the book rejected traditional quasi-scientific approaches to establishing cultural meaning that were prevalent after the war. In arguing the 'truth' and 'method' acted in opposition to each other, Gadamer examined the ways in which historical and cultural circumstance fundamentally influenced human understanding. It was an approach that would become hugely influential in the humanities and social sciences and remains so to this day in the work of Jurgen Habermas and many others.… (more)

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Hans-Georg Gadamers hovedverk fra 1960 er samtidig hovedverket innenfor den moderne filosofiske hermeneutikken. Boken danner et teoretisk grunnlag for å forstå fortolkning, og er dermed en selvsagt del av humanvitenskapenes kanon. Kombinert med innsikter hentet fra Hegels dialektikk og Heideggers

fenomenologi utarbeider Gadamer en filosofisk hermeneutikk. Han påpeker hvordan enhver som forsøker å forstå noe, er bestemt av sin tid og sin kultur, som gjør oss til bærere av bestemte fordommer. Likevel står ikke det i veien for forståelse - snarere er det nettopp ved hjelp av fordommer at vi er i stand til å åpne opp, og åpne oss opp for, det vi ønsker å fatte.

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LibraryThing member thcson

I've put in more time on understanding this book than any other. It's been worth it, there are some very important ideas here. But I do think a more transparent presentation should have been possible.