Tags: Philosopher.

Hans-Georg Gadamer (German: [ˈɡaːdamɐ]; February 11 1900 – March 13 2002) was a German philosopher of the continental tradition best known for his 1960 magnum opus Truth and Method (Wahrheit und Methode) on hermeneutics.

birth date
1900-02-11
birth place
German Empire, Hesse-Nassau, Marburg, Kingdom of Prussia
death date
2002-03-13
death place
Germany, Heidelberg
era
20th-century philosophy
individualised GND number
118537032
influenced
Richard Rorty
influenced by
Aeschylus
notableIdea
Practical philosophy
region
Western philosophy

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