Truth and Method: The Basic Characteristics of Philosophical Hermeneutics (Part 2): The Basic Characteristics of Philosophical Hermeneutics

Author: Gadamer
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: Philosophical hermeneutics explores the fundamental conditions that make all human understanding activities possible. Through research and analysis of the various conditions and characteristics of "understanding," it discusses human experience in tradition, history, and the world, revealing the fundamental relationship between humans and the world within the finite historical existence of humanity. The book is divided into three parts: 1) The manifestation of the truth problem in artistic experience; 2) The expansion of the truth problem to the issue of understanding in the humanities; 3) A hermeneutic ontology turn centered on language. The author's highly effective research in literature, the history of thought, aesthetics, and other fields has had a significant impact on various disciplines within the humanities, even being regarded as the methodological foundation of the humanities.