Hans-Georg Gadamer

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Hans-Georg Gadamer
Hans-Georg Gadamer, c. 2000
Born	(1900-02-11)11 February 1900 Marburg, German Empire
Died	13 March 2002(2002-03-13) (aged 102) Heidelberg, Germany
Alma mater	University of Breslau University of Marburg
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy Hermeneutics Ontological hermeneutics[1] Hermeneutic phenomenology[2]
Institutions	University of Marburg (1928–1938) Leipzig University (1938–1948) Goethe University Frankfurt (1948–1949) University of Heidelberg (1949–2002)
Thesis	The Nature of Pleasure According to Plato's Dialogues (1922)
Doctoral advisor	Paul Natorp
Notable students	Charles Guignon Emilio Lledo
Main interests	Metaphysics Epistemology Language Ontology Aesthetics Hermeneutics
Notable ideas	Practical philosophy[3] Historically-effected consciousness Fusion of horizons

Hans-Georg Gadamer (/ˈɡɑːdəmər/; German: [ˈɡaːdamɐ]; 11 February 1900 – 13 March 2002) was a German philosopher of the continental tradition, best known for his 1960 magnum opus on hermeneutics, Truth and Method (Wahrheit und Methode).