Hans-Georg Gadamer

Hans-Georg Gadamer
Hans-Georg Gadamer
	Hans-Georg Gadamer, c. 2000
Born	11 February 1900; Marburg, German Empire
Died	13 March 2002 (aged 102); Heidelberg, Germany
Alma mater	University of Breslau; University of Marburg
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy; Hermeneutics; Ontological hermeneutics; Hermeneutic phenomenology
Institutions	University of Marburg (1928–1938); Leipzig University (1938–1948); Goethe University Frankfurt (1948–1949); University of Heidelberg (1949–2002)
Thesis	The Nature of Pleasure According to Plato's Dialogues (1922)
Doctoral advisor	Paul Natorp
Notable students	Charles Guignon; Emilio Lledo
Main interests	Metaphysics; Epistemology; Language; Ontology; Aesthetics; Hermeneutics;
Notable ideas	Practical philosophy; Historically-effected consciousness; Fusion of horizons;

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

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