Now online a brand new article for the JBSP by William Konchak & Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson (both University of Iceland).
William Konchak & Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson – “Gadamer’s Harmonizing Reading of Plato and Aristotle”
JBSP (Received 04 Apr 2023, Accepted 23 May 2024, Published online: 10 Oct 2024).
Abstract: Contrary to many contemporary readings of Plato and Aristotle, Hans-Georg Gadamer sees harmony in their thought. A challenge to this reading is that Aristotle criticizes Plato’s forms and the good. Aware of these criticisms, Gadamer understands these two thinkers as having significant commonalities and pursuing related goals. Gadamer’s interpretation is less a historical approach than an attempt to explain and justify aspects of his own philosophical views, in particular those regarding the relation between metaphysics and practical thought. We critically examine Gadamer’s interpretation and consider tensions between its more radical conclusions and a more conventional Platonism.
Full article: https://doi.org/10.1080/00071773.2024.2361155
William Konchak, Department of Philosophy, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson, Department of Philosophy, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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