Hans-Georg Gadamer was a German philosopher of the continental tradition, best known for his 1960 magnum opus, Truth and Method, on hermeneutics. Wikipedia
Born: February 11, 1900, Marburg, Germany
Died: March 13, 2002 (age 102 years), Heidelberg, Germany
Influenced: Paul Ricœur, Jürgen Habermas, Jean Grondin, and more
Influenced by: Martin Heidegger, Wilhelm Dilthey, Immanuel Kant, and more
Education: University of Wrocław (1918–1919), University of Freiburg, and Philipps-University Marburg
Parents: Johannes Gadamer and Emma Caroline Johanna Gewiese
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