Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002), the father of modern philosophical hermeneutics, in his magisterial Truth and Method12 alerts us to the limits of a “right method” approach to interpretation. He emphasizes these limits so much so that some have suggested his book should be entitled Truth or Method or Truth Against Method. However, Gadamer does not reject method but resituates it within a dialogue13 between reader and text. The opening section of Truth and Method explains how we engage with an artwork, dialoguing back and forth until a fusion of horizons takes place.
