GADAMER'İN FELSEFİ HERMENEUTİĞİNDE 'ÖNYARGI KAVRAMI ve DÜŞÜNDÜRDÜKLERİ

Year 2003, Issue: 38, 58 - 71, 15.12.2003

Ramazan Ertürk

Abstract

The Concept of 'Prejudice in Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics and Its Implications

Abstract

This article aims at investigating and clarifying Hans-Georg Gadamer's concept of prejudice and also of pre-understanding and some implications of it. According to Gadamer, our concept of prejudice—as is today—is constituted by the Enlightenment thought. This concept is both an ill-founded and an ill-functioning concept. Gadamer thinks that he rehabilitates it. Here, the nature of Gadamer's rehabilitation process is examined and clarified; furthermore, some important points are proposed as the conclusions that may be drawn from Gadamer's process.

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