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Part I: Is Gadamer a Relativist?
11 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen January 5th, 2007 in Hans-Georg Gadamer, HermeneuticsEduardo J. Echeverria, in his essay, “Gadamer’s Hermeneutics and the Question of Relativism,” begins by citing a passage from Truth and Method in which Gadamer claims that human reason is both situated in and limited to historical circumstances. Though Gadamer rejects what Echeverria calls “absolute reason”—a kind of universal, objective human reason transcending history—Echeverria argues [...]


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