Abstract

The Language of Hermeneutics is an insightful exercise in hermeneutics. Coltman discusses the seemingly irreconcilable positions of Heidegger and Gadamer. The Language of Hermeneutics ventures into both philosophers’ interpretations of Aristotle and Plato in part 1. Part 2 explores the rationale behind the late Heidegger’s fascination with the work of Friedrich Hölderlin. Coltman compares this rationale with Gadamer’s use of the Hegelian dialectic. In the course of his interpretations, Coltman reveals a surprising closeness of Heidegger’s and Gadamer’s philosophical points of view.