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Gadamer and Wittgenstein on the Unity of Language: Reality and Discourse Without Metaphysics (Ashgate Wittgensteinian Studies) by Patrick Rogers Horn; Dr Mario von der Ruhr is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
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In this innovative comparison of Gadamer and Wittgenstein, the author explores their common concern with the relation of language to reality. Patrick Horn's starting point is the widely accepted view that both philosophers rejected a certain metaphysical account of that relation in which reality determines the nature of language. Horn proceeds to argue that Gadamer never completely escaped metaphysical assumptions in his search for the unity of language. In this respect, argues Horn, Gadamer's w
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- Author
- Patrick Rogers Horn; Dr Mario von der Ruhr
- Publisher
- Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781138256644
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- History, Language Learning, Physics
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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