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Truth and Method (Review)

Posted on January 28, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

This is one of those great moments where a great student follows his master (Heidegger) yet gives us a new product and not simply a repetition of his master. In short, for Gadamer language is the horizon of being. As … Continue reading →

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Truth and Method (review)

Posted on August 8, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

This is one of those great moments where a great student follows his master (Heidegger) yet gives us a new product and not simply a repetition of his master. In short, for Gadamer language is the horizon of being. As … Continue reading →

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Gadamer notes, 3

Posted on August 3, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

Now we are getting into the meat of it.  Gadamer is setting the stage for what goes into “understanding a text” (which he fully develops in the next part).  He introduces several key concepts which he will later exploit with … Continue reading →

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Notes on Gadamer, 2

Posted on July 31, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

Chapter 2: The Ontology of the Work of Art Play: the mode of the being of the work of art itself (106). (Note: When a continental philosopher uses the term “play” he doesn’t mean it in the sense of the … Continue reading →

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Notes on Gadamer, 1

Posted on July 30, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

From Truth and Method.  Notes on Section 1. Bildung:  the properly human way of developing one’s capacities; culture. reveals a new tacit dimension of man’s existence. Erlebnis: an experience you have; connected with a subject’s knowing Erfahrung: experience as an … Continue reading →

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Van Til and a “thrown” world

Posted on May 1, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

Van Tillians love to say there are no “uninterpreted facts.”  All facts are already “pre-interpreted by God.” Now, when you get them to explain just what a “pre-interpreted fact” looks like, that ends much of the discussion.  But I think … Continue reading →

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