Olay’s Comments on the Event of Meaning in Gadamer’s Hermeneutics
Abstract
This essay is Csaba Olay’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. The essay first sketches the key thesis concerning Gadamer’s event semantics and outlines the structure of the book. Second, it analyzes event semantics in the context of Gadamer’s hermeneutics. Lastly, it focuses on some observations on various consequences and related issues of the authors’ claims.
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
- 48–55
- Publication date
- 6 January 2026