Dostal's Comments on The Event of Meaning in Gadamer's Hermeneutics
Abstract
This essay is Robert Dostal’s commentary for a book symposium on the recently published book The Event of Meaning in Gadamer’s Hermeneutics (Routledge 2024) by Carlo DaVia and Greg Lynch presented at the 2025 annual conference of the North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics. Dostal’s comments focus on three questions. The first question concerns how we might square Gadamer's insistence on occasionality and ideality. The second question concerns the account given about doxastic and substantive interpretations. The third question concerns the meaning of meaning.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Gadamer Studies
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 28–34
- Publication date
- 6 January 2026