Truth and Method
by Hans-Georg Gadamer · first published 1979
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…Anglo-American/analytic tradition worry about in logic, metaphysics and epistemology (primarily epistemology): induction, a priori knowledge, anti-sceptical arguments, and universals. 2. Hans-Georg Gadamer - Truth and Method You know about the 'Continental' philosophers, right? All those wacky guys like Derrida. They are all a bit suspicious, right? Like, Heidegger was a Nazi, and Foucault spreads HIV. Yeah, gossip is great.…
on “Ask HN: Interesting (Non software) books?” ↗…the first essay of the book the concept of master morality and slave morality is introduced, some people think that Nietzsche favors the first, I disagree, for me he describes and criticizes both. - Truth and Method, the classic of Gadamer, some people call it a "postmodern" work, this only serves to show how "modern" some of the "postmodern" were, the book basically addresses how our current beliefs and customs,…
on “Ask HN: Best Philosophical Books?” ↗…included in the top 100 list. Here's where I would place him, considering his influence: [Insert after #11 and before #12, shifting the rest down] 11. Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900) Gadamer's major work, "Truth and Method" (1960), is considered one of the most important philosophical works of the 20th century. His contributions to hermeneutics, the theory of interpretation and understanding, have been hugely influential…
on “The most cited authors in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy” ↗Information I see: I think all understanding and therefore all learning is hermeneutic. I was persuaded by Hans-Georg Gadamer’s magnum opus, Truth and Method. I think his theory, which he called “philosophical hermeneutics,” is a skeleton key for understanding our understanding. Right around the time he published the book, there was a large shift in academic…
on “What Does It Mean to Learn?” ↗On the other hand, it's interesting how well Google Translate translates philosophical text. Just compare the translations below. Gadamer's text from Truth and Method: Die folgenden Untersuchungen haben es mit dem hermeneutischen Problem zu tun. Das Phänomen des Verstehens und der rechten Auslegung des Verstandenen ist nicht nur ein Spezialproblem der geisteswissenschaftlichen…
on “The Shallowness of Google Translate” ↗Last month I finished reading Truth and Method, a book purchased from somebody moving out of town about 1981. Last fall I finished reading The World as Will and Imagination, which was part of the same purchase. Those are outliers for my advance purchases.…
on “Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them” ↗