The ontological relevance of architecture on Gadamer’s thought

Authors

  • Gustavo Silvano Batista UFPI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25244/tf.v16i2.6355

Keywords:

Gadamer. Art. Ontology. Architecture. Representation. Understanding

Abstract

In the first part of Truth and Method, Gadamer discusses art as one of the privileged spheres where truth occurs alternatively to the established scientific model. To describe elements of the experience of truth in the work of art, Gadamer presents architecture as a model because the same understanding of truth peculiarly occurs in it. In other words, the hermeneutic experience in architecture is a paradigm to explain a fair questioning of the event of understanding inserted in the ethical-practical sphere of life. This article aims to analyze Gadamer's approach to architecture, affirming its philosophically relevant character within the structure of Gadamer's thought. Thus, considering architectural works, we can perceive hermeneutic traits that support thought experiences that do not submit to the representative model of science, but, on the contrary, contest it.

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Author Biography

Gustavo Silvano Batista, UFPI

Doutor em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, com estágio de pesquisa (doutorado-sanduíche) no Departamento de Arte e Estudos Culturais da Universidade de Copenhague, Dinamarca. É Professor Associado II do Departamento de Filosofia da Universidade Federal do Piauí UFPI. Professor permanente no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia - PPGFIL/UFPI. Foi pesquisador visitante no Departamento de Filosofia do Boston College, EUA e nos Arquivos Husserl da Universidade Católica de Louvain, Bélgica. Líder do FOLIE - Laboratório Interdisciplinar Hermenêutica, Ambiente e Saúde. Membro fundador do GT Filosofia Hermenêutica da ANPOF. Participa da Rede Iberoamericana de Hermenêutica (RIAH). Tutor do PET Filosofia da UFPI.

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Published

2024-11-06

How to Cite

SILVANO BATISTA, Gustavo. The ontological relevance of architecture on Gadamer’s thought . Trilhas Filosóficas, [S. l.], v. 16, n. 2, p. 149–157, 2024. DOI: 10.25244/tf.v16i2.6355. Disponível em: https://homologacaoperiodicos.apps.uern.br/index.php/RTF/article/view/6355. Acesso em: 6 dec. 2025.

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DOSSIÊ GADAMER (v.16, n.2, 2023)