14. Understanding and Dialogue: What I Have Learned from H. G. Gadamer

22/11/2020 38 min
14. Understanding and Dialogue: What I Have Learned from H. G. Gadamer

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Understanding, dialogue, interpretation, attention, and openness are essential ingredients of meaningful interpersonal relationships. They also happen to be central themes in one of the most important contributions to contemporary thought - H. G. Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics. In this episode, I relate some of the ways in which he has influenced me.EPISODE SECTIONS00:05 - Updates, Insights, and Announcements06:18 - Episode Start09:26 - Interpretation20:29 - Language23:45 - Dialogue28:58 - David Brook's article "Nine Nonobvious Ways to Have Deeper Conversation"EPISODE REFERENCESJ. K. A. Smith, On the Road with St. Augustine: https://amzn.to/36HqcsJAJ interview on dialogue I: https://bit.ly/3lIxz7qAJ interview on dialogue II: https://bit.ly/2JF3SY1David Brooks, ""Nine Nonobvious Ways to Have Deeper Conversation": https://nyti.ms/2VAmR8JSupport the show