Gadamer's ontology : an examination of the ontological position on which Hans-Georg Gadamer's views rely, and of its relationship to the views of Heidegger, Plato and Hegel
An examination of the ontological position on which Hans-Georg Gadamerâs views rely, and of its relationship to the views of Heidegger, Plato and Hegel. I argue that Gadamerâs notion of being appeals to a structure he uses repeatedly in other areas of his philosophy in which the communal participation of many finite individuals creates an essential entity that surpasses the sum of their input and is then regulative of their participation in it. I demonstrate first that he advocates something more than an empiricism based on our finite faculties, then that his account of textuality involves an appeal to an ideal âtext itselfâ that is beyond our reach, and finally that this structure is extended to language and this this extension is seen as the basis of all being. His idea of a reality that can guide our conversations towards truth is embodied in what he calls the âone wordâ or âlogosâ: I argue that this takes the place of Hegelâs âAbsolute Spiritâ, but is mixed with the later Heideggerâs ideas about a clearing in being in such a way that it no longer completely transcends intersubjective dialogue. Gadamer preserves the metaphysical edifices that Plato and Hegel associated with âdialecticâ,
Dawson, Christopher
Hermeneutics
Gadamer's ontology : an examination of the ontological position on which Hans-Georg Gadamer's views rely, and of its relationship to the views of Heidegger, Plato and Hegel. An examination of the ontological position on which Hans-Georg Gadamerâs views rely, and of its relationship to the views of Heidegger, Plato and Hegel. I argue that Gadamerâs notion of being appeals to a structure he uses repeatedly in other areas of his philosophy in which the communal participation of many finite individuals creates an essential entity that surpasses the sum of their input and is then regulative of their participation in it. I demonstrate first that he advocates something more than an empiricism based on our finite faculties, then that his account of textuality involves an appeal to an ideal âtext itselfâ that is beyond our reach, and finally that this structure is extended to language and this this extension is seen as the basis of all being. His idea of a reality that can guide our conversations towards truth is embodied in what he calls the âone wordâ or âlogosâ: I argue that this takes the place of Hegelâs âAbsolute Spiritâ, but is mixed with the later Heideggerâs ideas about a clearing in being in such a way that it no longer completely transcends intersubjective dialogue. Gadamer preserves the metaphysical edifices that Plato and Hegel associated with âdialecticâ,
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