Gadamer, Kant, and the Enlightenment.

Item request has been placed! ×
Item request cannot be made. ×
loading   Processing Request
Read Online Read More Add to Saved list
  • Author(s): Dostal, Robert
  • Source:
    Research in Phenomenology. 2016, Vol. 46 Issue 3, p337-348. 12p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      ENLIGHTENMENT; MODERNITY; PRUDENCE; KANT, Immanuel, 1724-1804; GADAMER, Hans Georg, 1900-2002
    • Abstract:
      Gadamer is prominent on the list of counter-enlightenment philosophers of the 20th century. He is on this list for good reasons, reasons that I will briefly explore here. Gadamer borrows much from Heidegger's critique of modernity and he adds to it. As we all know, Gadamer's critique of the Enlightenment and modernity serves as an opening for a reappropriation of the Greeks, especially Plato and Aristotle. Gadamer is often taken, again with good reason, to be one of the leading voices revivifying the battle of ancients and moderns and urging, at least in some regards, the superiority of the ancients. Kant is without question the leading figure of the Enlightenment--at least within the German tradition, if not for the European Enlightenment in general. As such we should expect Gadamer to be strongly critical of Kant. And yet we find Gadamer's relation to Kant displaying a deep ambivalence. It is this ambivalence that this paper examines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
    • Abstract:
      Copyright of Research in Phenomenology is the property of Brill Academic Publishers and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)