Truth and Method

Truth and Method is a landmark work of 20th century thought…[it] is one of the two or three most important works of this century on the philosophy of humanistic studies…Truth and Method reinforces an insight that is threatened with oblivion in our swiftly changing age…The volume is Gadamer’s magnum opus, the comprehensive and integrated statement of his rich and penetrating reflections. The translators have rendered Truth and Method with accuracy, which helps contemporary American readers understand Gadamer more fully. The material is powerful…The translation is readable and often powerfully eloquent as Gadamer’s German, providing a bridge, not an obstacle, between Gadamer and his readers. * SirReadaLot.org *Gadamer’s Truth and Method is a seminal work in the field of hermeneutics, and a must read for anyone seriously interested in engaging in the hermeneutical enterprise … A foundational work in the effort to better understand and interpret the world and the texts therein. * Academia *

Hans-Georg Gadamer was born on 11 February 1900 and died on 13 March 2002. He was the author, most notably, of Truth and Method, and, more recently, of The Beginning of Philosophy and The Beginning of Knowledge.