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Part II: Gadamer’s Ontological Perspectivism: A Way Around Relativism and Dogmatism
2 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen August 20th, 2007 in Ancient Philosophy, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Heidegger, Hermeneutics, PlatoAs Wachterhauser stresses, Gadamer’s path avoids the pitfalls of both the relativist and the ahistorical dogmatist, not by eschewing all things metaphysical, but rather by gleaning ontological insights from ancient philosophy (particularly the later Plato). Here we encounter a significant divergence between Gadamer and Heidegger in that the former rejects important aspects of Heidegger’s critique [...]


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