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Gadamer's Hermeneutics: A Reading of Truth and Method
Gadamer's A Reading of Truth and Joel C. Gadamer's A Reading of Truth and Yale University FIRST First Edition Thus, Second Printing. Published by Yale University Press, 1985. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with shelfwear. Seller 306349 Philosophy & Psychology
- GenresPhilosophy
280 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1985
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July 18, 2018
Useful. Actually, very useful. A chapter-by-chapter guide to Gadamer's Truth and Method.
As far as commentaries on a primary text go, Weinsheimer's guide is very good and especially helps with contextually unpacking key lines and linking ideas, as well as pulling out all the implications.
My fault with the commentary is that it doesn't quite hit what's become my personal standard now: Bill Blattner's commentary on Being and Time. Blattner's trick is concision and simpler verbal register that actually translates the primary source. Weinsheimer can't help but add layers of what I think is derivative commentary on top of the "translation." Weinsheimer's commentary almost turns into a critique or a work of its own at times. These moments made reading the book a chore sometimes, leaving me stuck figuring out what I could skip and what I needed to focus on.
As far as commentaries on a primary text go, Weinsheimer's guide is very good and especially helps with contextually unpacking key lines and linking ideas, as well as pulling out all the implications.
My fault with the commentary is that it doesn't quite hit what's become my personal standard now: Bill Blattner's commentary on Being and Time. Blattner's trick is concision and simpler verbal register that actually translates the primary source. Weinsheimer can't help but add layers of what I think is derivative commentary on top of the "translation." Weinsheimer's commentary almost turns into a critique or a work of its own at times. These moments made reading the book a chore sometimes, leaving me stuck figuring out what I could skip and what I needed to focus on.
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