In that work, he argued that people's interpretation of texts was necessarily bound by both their time period and (*) culture, and that the emphasis on recovering only the original intent of the author was flawed, as one should focus on the fusion between the author and reader's situations.
This philosopher was born in Marburg, Germany in 1900, beginning his studies in Breslau and moving later to Marburg along with Neo-Kantians such as Paul Natorp before presenting his dissertation in 1922. Following the defense of his dissertation, he moved to Freiburg and studied alongside Martin Heidegger, from whom he would gain in interest in Philosophical Hermeneutics, the basis of his best known work. In that work, he argued that people's interpretation of texts was necessarily bound by both their time period and (*) culture, and that the emphasis on recovering only the original intent of the author was flawed, as one should focus on the fusion between the author and reader's situations. For 10 points, name this German philosopher known for his debate with Jurgen Habermas over whether not one could interpret a work objectively by transcending history and culture, best known for his work Truth and Method.
This philosopher was born in Marburg, Germany in 1900, beginning his studies in Breslau and moving later to Marburg along with Neo-Kantians such as Paul Natorp before presenting his dissertation in 1922.
Hans-Georg Gadamer