Hans-Georg Gadamer

Written in the 1960s, TRUTH AND METHOD is Gadamer's magnum opus. Looking behind the self-consciousness of science, he discusses the tense relationship between truth and methodology. In examining the different experiences of truth, he aims to "present the hermeneutic phenomenon in its fullest extent.

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Gadamer. Hans-Georg

These essays explore Hans-Georg Gadamer's writings on art and literature in English.

The Relevance of the Beautiful and Other Essays

Brings together all of Gadamer's published writings on Celan's poetry, and makes them available in English for the first time. This is accessible commentary on a notoriously difficult poet.

"Who Am I and Who Are You?" and Other Essays

Gadamer on Celan

Esta edición recoge dos importantes textos de Gadamer en torno a Heidegger: «Sobre la prehistoria de la metafísica» y «Ser, espíritu, dios». Además incluye una profusa introducción de la editora Mónica Mesa Fernández.

Heredero e intérprete de Heidegger, Gadamer nos descifra el pensamiento de su maestro como pasado con el que ha de enfrentarse y a partir del que es preciso pensar. Nos ayuda a responder sobre todo dos cuestiones fundamentales para la historia de la filosofía: ¿por qué reparó Heidegger primero en los problemas de la metafísica?, y ¿por qué se sumergió en la metafísica de Aristóteles e intentó traer de nuevo a la reflexión la primera cuestión de la metafísica, la pregunta por el ser, como primera preocupación de todo pensar, en un siglo en el que ya había quedado relegada a residuo histórico?

Estos textos, de gran profundidad, relevancia y trascendencia filosófica, intentan indagar en tamaños interrogantes. Muestran las preocupaciones más inquietantes del filósofo de Verdad y método, pues son un conjunto de investigaciones hermenéuticas que desvelan el significado histórico de conceptos como la metafísica, el ser, el espíritu, Dios, lo real, el cambio, la presencia, el tiempo o la nada; conceptos que en forma de preguntas todavía hoy asedian al ser humano sin una respuesta ni una solución dados de antemano. 

Descubrir la historia que hay detrás de los conceptos, ideas, prejuicios, formas de pensar, al fin y al cabo formas de experimentar lo real, no es simplemente un método de pensar, sino un modo de ahondar en el sentido de la vida y de enriquecer las distintas formas de experimentar el ser humano lo real, entre ellas, por supuesto, el conocimiento, que es la principal preocupación de Gadamer en los dos escritos que se incluyen en el libro.



Sobre la prehistoria de la metafísica. Ser, espíritu, dios.

"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"--

Truth and method

Philosophical Hermeneutics

The essays in this book deal broadly with the question of what form reasoning about life and society can take in a culture permeated by scientific and technical modes of thought. They attempt to identify certain very basic types of questions that seem to escape scientific resolution and call for, in Gadamer's view, philosophical reflection of a hermeneutic sort. In effect, Gadamer argues for the continued practical relevance of Socratic-Platonic modes of thought in respect to contemporary issues. As part of this argument, he advances his own views on the interplay of science, technology, and social policy.These essays, which are not available in any existing translation or collection of Gadamer's work, are remarkably up-to-date with respect to the present state of his thinking, and they address issues that are particularly critical to social theory and philosophy. Perhaps more than anyone else, Hans-Georg Gadamer, who is Professor Emeritus at the University of Heidelberg and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Boston College, is the doyen of German Philosophy. His previously translated works have been widely and enthusiastically received in this country. He is recognized as the chief theorist of hermeneutics, a strong and growing movement here in a number of disciplines, from theology and literary criticism to philosophy and social theory. A book in the series Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought.

Reason in the Age of Science

Hans-Georg Gadamer is one of the leading exponents of hermeneutics, with a formidable influence on thinking in the humanities. The two main foci of his work have been Greek philosophy, especially Plato, and hermeneutics, but his influences range through many sources, from Kant to Heidegger. This volume contains Gadamer's intellectual autobiography, essays by leading philosophers, Gadamer's replies to each essay, and a bibliography of Gadamer's writings.

The Philosophy of Hans-Georg Gadamer

Eight Hermeneutical Studies on Plato

Dialogue and Dialectic

Hans-Georg Gadamer is considered to have made the most important contribution to hermeneutics of this century through his major work, Truth and Method. Born in Marburg on February 11, 1900, he earned his doctorate under Paul Natorp, the Plato scholar, in 1922 and completed his habilitation thesis on Plato's dialectical ethics under Martin Heidegger in 1928. He spent the major portion of his teaching career at the University of Heidelberg, becoming emeritus professor in 1968. In retirement he became widely known in the United States through his regular fall courses at Boston college and his numerous lectures at major universities throughout the century.

Beginning of Philosophy

The Beginning of Philosophy

'This volume presents carefully selected essays from Gadamer's Kleine Schriften. The seven essays comprising Part 1 contain Gadamer's discussion of hermeneutical reflection. Part 2 consists of six essays dealing with phenomenology, existential philosophy, and philosophical hermeneutics.

Vérité et Méthode (1960) vient plus de trente ans après l'Etre et Temps de Heidegger (1927). Dans l'intervalle, le problème est devenu moins de prolonger l'élan de la pensée de Heidegger que de la retourner pour faire face aux sciences " humaines " - Geisteswissenschaften. S'il importe de sortir entièrement à leur propos de la " querelle des méthodes ", c'est que la mise à distance qu'opère tout traitement " méthodologique " a déjà commencé de ruiner le fondamental rapport d'appartenance qui nous relie au domaine dans lequel le regard scientifique découpe sont objet. Et que la compréhension portée par cette appartenance peut seule revendiquer la " vérité ". Le livre de Gadamer est l'expression de ce combat que se livrent la " vérité " et la " méthode ". L'auteur poursuit la lutte dans les trois champs successifs de notre lien esthétique aux œuvres d'art, de notre lien historique aux héritages du passé, de notre lien langagier à l'ordre des signes et, à travers eux, à l'être-dit des choses. (La traduction présentée ici est celle du texte définitif, qui occupe la totalité du premier tome des Gesammelte Werke de Gadamer, paru en Allemagne, en (1986).

les grandes lignes d'une herméneutique philosophique

Vérité et méthode

The book brings together thirteen essays presented to medical and psychiatric societies, mainly during the 1970's and 1980's. In these essays, Gadamer justifies the reasons for a philosophical interest in health and medicine, and a corresponding need for health practitioners to enter into a dialogue with philosophy.

The Art of Healing in a Scientific Age

The Enigma of Health

Was die griechische Philosophie fur uns bedeutet, ist die Unmittelbarkeit, mit der die gesprochene Sprache in den Begriff drangt, so dass es keiner Destruktion einer erstarrten und verfremdeten Schul- und Fachsprache bedarf, und auf der anderen Seite ist es die Nachbarschaft zu dem dichterischen Wort, das auch aus der gesprochenen Sprache und ihrem lebendigen Gebrauch in eine andere Gattung des Wahrseins und des Seiendseins hineinragt. So stellen die beiden Bande 8 und 9 das langsame Wachstum der inneren Verflechtung von Theorie und Praxis dar, das sich uber drei Jahrzehnte erstreckt und neben den Studien zur griechischen Philosophie den anderen Grenzwert markiert, zu dem die hermeneutische Erfahrung reicht. Beides sind Erfahrungen der Sprachlichkeit und ihrer undurchschaubaren, fast magischen Gewalt. Beide, die griechische Philosophie und die Sprache der Dichtung und der anderen Kunste, haben etwas von der Unmittelbarkeit der Daseinserfahrung, zu der sich das fragende Wesen Mensch genotigt sieht. - Aus dem Vorwort zu Band 8

Kunst Als Aussage

Ethics, Aesthetics and the Historical Dimension of Language collects together Gadamer's most important untranslated writings on ethics, aesthetics and language. With a substantial introduction by the editors exploring Gadamer's ethical project and providing an overview of his aesthetic work, this book collects Gadamer's writings on ancient ethics, including the moral philosophy of Aristotle, and on practical philosophy (first section). In the second section, Gadamer's writings on art are collected, including his examination of poetry, opera and painting among other art forms. The third section comprises Gadamer's essays on language in its historical dimension. This important collection is a useful resource for scholars in philosophy, studying hermeneutics, continental, 20th-century and German philosophy.

The Selected Writings of Hans-Georg Gadamer Volume II

Ethics, Aesthetics and the Historical Dimension of Language

One of this century's most important philosophers here focuses on Plato's Protagoras, Phaedo, Republic, and Philebus and on Aristotle's three moral treatises to show the essential continuity of Platonic and Aristotelian reflection on the nature of the good. "Well translated and usefully annotated by P. Christopher Smith.... Gadamer's book exhibits a broad and grand vision as well as a great love for the Greek thinkers."--Alexander Nehemas, New York Times Book Review "The translation is highly readable. The translator's introduction and frequent annotation provide special elucidation on points of doctrinal complexity, giving ample references to other works and rival interpretations."--Choice "This book is an important addition to the steadily growing number of Gadamer's works available in English. In it, we see Gadamer at his best, that is, engaged in the practice of interpreting important texts from the philosophical tradition, and also at his most controversial.... I enthusiastically recommend this...challenging book as one that rewards all efforts to understand the important claims it makes on its readers."--Francis J. Ambrosio, International Philosophy Quarterly Hans-Georg Gadamer is professor of philosophy emeritus at the University of Heidelberg. He is the author of numerous books, including two others translated by Smith: Dialogue and Dialectic: Eight Hermeneutical Studies on Plato and Hegel's Dialectic: Five Hermeneutical Studies.

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