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Wilhelm Dilthey on Relativism - Dictionary of Arguments
Gadamer I 241 Relativism/Dilthey/Gadamer: [Dilthey's philosophy] thinks life itself to an end by also understanding philosophy as an objectivation of life. It becomes a philosophy of philosophy, but not in the sense and with the claim that idealism raised. It does not want to establish the only possible philosophy from the unity of a speculative principle, but continues on the path of historical self-contemplation. In this respect it is not at all subject to the objection of being guilty of relativism. Dilthey himself has always considered this objection and sought a resolution to the question of how objectivity is possible in all relativity and how the relationship of the finite to the absolute can be conceived. "The task is to show how these relative concepts of value of the ages have expanded into something absolute"(1). Gadamer: But a real answer to this problem of relativism will be sought in vain in Dilthey, and not because he never found the right answer, but because it was not his own question at all. Rather, he knew himself in the unfolding of the historical self-contemplation that led him from relativity to relativity, always on the way to the absolute. In this respect, Ernst Troeltsch has correctly summed up Dilthey's life's work in the slogan: "From relativity to totality". Dilthey's own formula for this was: "to be a conditioned being with consciousness"(2) - a formula that is openly directed against the claim of the philosophy of reflection, in the elevation to the absoluteness and infinity of the spirit, in the perfection and truth of self-consciousness to leave behind all limits of finiteness. 1. Dilthey, Ges. Schriften Vll, 290. 2. Ges. Schriften V, 364._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Dilth I W. Dilthey Gesammelte Schriften, Bd.1, Einleitung in die Geisteswissenschaften Göttingen 1990 Gadamer I Hans-Georg Gadamer Wahrheit und Methode. Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik 7. durchgesehene Auflage Tübingen 1960/2010 Gadamer II H. G. Gadamer The Relevance of the Beautiful, London 1986 German Edition: Die Aktualität des Schönen: Kunst als Spiel, Symbol und Fest Stuttgart 1977 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18