Featuring Stephen West, Seth Paskin, Michael Burgess, Erik Weissengruber, Amogha Sahu, Everett Reed, and Peter Forbes. Recorded March 8, 2015. Read more about it. Listen to episode 111 before listening to this. Watch it unedited: Watch on YouTube. Continue Reading …
Not School Offerings In March
We have several Not School groups running this month, but before I tell you about them, a word to the unfamiliar: If you've enjoyed the podcast episodes, becoming a PEL Citizen is an easy and inexpensive way to get involved firsthand in similarly stimulating conversations. I can vouch that these study groups are rewarding, relaxed, and very helpful in getting a grip on Continue Reading …
Episode 111: Gadamer’s Hermeneutics (Citizen Edition)
On Hans-Georg Gadamer's Truth and Method (1960, ch. 4), "Aesthetics and Hermeneutics" (1964), "The Universality of the Hermeneutical Problem" (1966), and "Hermeneutics as Practical Philosophy" (1972). Hermeneutics is all about interpretation, primarily of texts, but of other things too, and Gadamer thinks that even if we learn all about the history and customs and probable Continue Reading …
Episode 111: Gadamer’s Hermeneutics: How to Interpret
On Hans-Georg Gadamer's Truth and Method (1960, ch. 4), "Aesthetics and Hermeneutics" (1964), "The Universality of the Hermeneutical Problem" (1966), and "Hermeneutics as Practical Philosophy" (1972). Hemeneutics is all about interpretation, primarily of texts, but of other things too, and Gadamer thinks that even if we learn all about the history and customs and probable Continue Reading …
Topic for #111: Gadamer’s Hermeneutics: How to Interpret
On Feb. 8, the regular four discussed a spate of works by Hans-Georg Gadamer about hermenutics. Listen to the episode now. Hermeneutics is all about how to properly interpret a text, and was initiated mainly to deal with the Bible, e.g. Augustine wanted to know how to reconcile the Old and New Testaments, and many more recent folks wanted to know how to interpret the Bible Continue Reading …