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An influential philosophical movement on Gadamer's work, focusing on the direct examination of experience and consciousness.

Refers to the 'history of effects' or 'effective-history', a concept in Gadamer's hermeneutics emphasizing the historical context and influence on understanding texts.

Gadamer’s term for the acknowledgment that our consciousness is shaped by history and affects our understanding.

In Gadamer's hermeneutics, this is the engagement with art that provides a way to understand the truth beyond mere scientific explanation.

Gadamer sees language as the medium through which understanding and interpretation occurs, central to the human experience of the world.

Meaning 'fusion of horizons', it is the process where a person's historical and cultural perspective (horizon) merges with the horizon of the text or past.

The German term for 'formation' or 'education', which in Gadamer’s hermeneutics, refers to the cultivation of the self and understanding through experience.

Gadamer's magnum opus, where he explores the nature of human understanding and argues against the privileging of scientific method over truth found in tradition and art.

A methodological concept where understanding is achieved through the interplay between the parts and the whole of a text or situation.

Gadamer views the application of understanding as a key aspect of the hermeneutical process, wherein one applies the insights from the text to their contemporary situation.

A key concept in Gadamer's philosophy where the historical context of both the interpreter and the text are essential to understanding.

In Gadamer's terms, it refers to the dynamic, to-and-fro movement in the process of understanding that involves active participation.

In Gadamer’s hermeneutics, prejudices are not necessarily negative; they are pre-judgments that form the basis of our understanding.

For Gadamer, hermeneutics is applied to the art of living, blending theory with practice in the conduct of life.

Gadamer's shift in hermeneutics from a method or technique to an understanding of being.

Gadamer criticized subjectivism for its emphasis on individual perspective at the expense of historical and communal contexts in understanding.

For Gadamer, authority is not purely oppressive but can be a positive force when it is grounded in tradition and provides continuity of culture.

In Gadamer's hermeneutics, 'the classic' refers to works that possess a timeless value and continue to speak to us beyond their historical context.

Central to Gadamer's hermeneutics, emphasizing the conversational nature of understanding where questions and answers continually evolve.