Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002) was a German philosopher who developed the theory that language, not time and culture, determines consciousness. He was influential in 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, theology, and criticism.
Born in Marburg, Hesse, Gadamer was a pupil of the existential philosopher Martin Heidegger, before becoming rector at Leipzig and professor at Frankfurt am Main (1947) and Heidelberg (1949–68, then emeritus.)
Gadamer’s major work is Wahrheit und Methode (1960; Truth and Method, 1975.) He is known mainly for his theory of philosophical hermeneutics, which derived in part from the concepts of Wilhelm Dilthey, Edmund Husserl, and Martin Heidegger. Hermeneutics has been helpful in both philosophy and related subjects in explaining the nature of understanding and interpretation.
Gadamer’s other works include Dialogue and Dialectic (1980,) comprising eight essays on Plato, and Reason in the Age of Science (1982,) a translation of essays drawn from several German editions.
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