Reiner Wiehl

Ausgangspunkt des zum Spätwerk zählenden Dialogs ist die Fragestellung nach einer Wesensbestimmung des Sophisten, des Staatsmannes und des Philosophen. Im Verlauf steht für Platon (427–347 v. Chr ... mehr

In his two pivotal essays from 1970 and 1971, Gadamer treated conceptual history solely in the context of hermeneutical philosophy. Alternatively, the present discussion shows how, with respect to the subtitle of »Truth an Method«, conceptual history may be considered in the context of philosophical hermeneutics. In that perspective, questions of method shift into the forefront of conceptual history. Taking centre stage is the question of how conceptual history can contribute to illuminating the dimension of truth in the three spheres of art, the human sciences and language. mehr