German philosopher who developed philosophical hermeneutics — arguing that understanding is not a method but an event constituted by tradition, language, and the fusion of horizons.
Truth and Method: against the Enlightenment's prejudice against prejudice — understanding requires tradition, not its elimination. The fusion of horizons: understanding a text or person means expanding one's horizon to include theirs. Language as the medium of being: 'Being that can be understood is language.' Effective-historical consciousness: we are always already within the tradition we are trying to understand.
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