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Gadamer’s Positive View of “Prejudices”
1 Comment Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen December 21st, 2006 in Hans-Georg Gadamer, HermeneuticsIn stark contrast to a modern aversion to prejudice or bias as a hindrance to “objectivity,” Gadamer presents a positive view of prejudices in his view of hermeneutics. According to Gadamer, all of us come to the text with our own prejudices or “horizons” and these biases are not be understood as solely negative or [...]
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