Finitude and Truth. Gadamer on critical understanding

Authors

  • Miguel Fernández Membrive

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14409/topicos.v0i37.8664

Keywords:

Critical understanding, effective history, anticipation of completeness, truth, finitude.

Abstract

By showing the implications of Gadamer’s concepts of “anticipation of completeness” (Vorgriff der Vollkommenheit) and “effective history” (Wirkungsgeschichtlichen), as well as the relationship between them, the author attempts to explain why in Gadamer’s philosophy the traditional hermeneutical problem of a more adequate understanding of “others” is subordinated to the problem of the possible truth of what these others say. At the same time, the author suggests that this latter problem and the dialogic framework that Gadamer assumes is the only possibility for dealing with it constitute the most important key for understanding the differences between his thinking and the hermeneutical tradition that came before it, including –in spite of his direct influence – Martin Heidegger.

Author Biography

Miguel Fernández Membrive

Licenciado en Filosofía y Ciencias Sociales por el Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO). Maestro en filosofía por la Universitat de Barcelona.
Doctor en Filosofía por la Universitat de Barcelona. Profesor titular del Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO), Guadalajara, México, desde 2009.

Published

2019-11-12

How to Cite

Fernández Membrive, M. (2019). Finitude and Truth. Gadamer on critical understanding. Tópicos. Revista De Filosofía De Santa Fe, (37), 28–53. https://doi.org/10.14409/topicos.v0i37.8664