Hans-Georg Gadamer
Overview
Germany
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philosopher of the continental tradition
Continental philosophy
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, best known for his 1960 magnum opus
Masterpiece
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, Truth and Method
Truth and Method
Truth and Method is the major philosophical work by Hans-Georg Gadamer, first published in 1960.The book draws heavily on the work of Wilhelm Dilthey, and Romantic hermeneutics...
(Wahrheit und Methode).
Gadamer was born in Marburg
Marburg
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, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, as the son of Johannes Gadamer (1867–1928) a pharmaceutical chemistry
Chemistry
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professor who later also served as the rector
Rector
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of the university
University
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there. He resisted his father's urging to take up the natural sciences and became more and more interested in the humanities
Humanities
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