Hans-Georg Gadamer: Finitude and Truth
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https://doi.org/10.32792/tqartj.v10i47.693Keywords:
Finitude, Truth, Prejudice, Understanding, Relativity, Tradition, History.Abstract
This research concerns with the concept of finitude and it’s connectedness to the concept of truth according to the philosophy of the German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer. Finitude is a crucial concept in Gadamer’s philosophy especially in his masterpiece Truth and Method. By this concept, Gadamer ascertain an important fact that man has a finite mind and a finite existence. Gadamer had his own interpretations of the truth, and he even entitled his magnus book with it. However, as the research will demonstrate, he does not regard the scientific method as an proper method to reach the truth in other fields that fall outside the scope of science. Actually, there is no method but interpretation. Finitude is formulated within categories and concepts that Gadamer explains, such tradition, historicism, prejudices, and others. The aim here is to reveal the absolute relativism Gadamer’s philosophy ended with, and to ascertain that he was an indirect predecessor to postmodern philosophy.
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