Hermeneutics and the Living Logos of Memory
Notes from the Philosophy of Hans-Georg Gadamer
Abstract
The question of memory is one of the most important topics in contemporary hermeneutics. An example of this can be found in the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer, which serves as a space for reflection on the dialectic between memory and forgetting, its relationship with temporality, the historical-narrative quality of human identity, and the way in which reflecting on the hermeneutic value of memory leads us towards a symbolic characterisation of thinking. All of this provides us with an ontology that necessarily becomes intertwined with reflections on language and linguisticity. The interest of the present study is precisely to accompany these reflections, thus rescuing the importance of a hermeneutic memory capable of confronting the forgetfulness and futility so characteristic of postmodern societies.
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