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Your words are beautiful, yet devoid of any information. I hope Gadamer writes differently :)

• Slow_Hand 2y ago
  Of course there’s information there. Perhaps - to take a note from the article - you’re not ready for it at this point in your life.
  • tbrownaw 2y ago
    That sounds like the sort of response I'd expect from a mystery religion or cult. As opposed to say expending part of the contained information into a form that's comprehensible to non-initiates.
    • dmvdoug 2y ago
      Here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutic_circle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutic_circle As for the rest, you really do have to read the book. (There’s no Cliffs Notes version.)
      • amboo7 2y ago
        Something like (in software, trying to understand) a spaghetti monolith?
• dmvdoug 2y ago
  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 fashion towards critical theory and deconstructionism, of which Gadamer is neither. The result is that Gadamer and his work took a backseat to critical theory. We lost something important in that shift. Others recognized the importance of Gadamer’s work but diluted it by trying to merge it with their pet theories (Ricoeur with critical theory, Rorty with American-style pragmatism). —————————— That said, Gadamer’s work is dense but not impenetrable. And it is beautiful. And profound. Go forth and read!