# 142. Athenian Stranger: Gadamer's "Truth and Method" Part 3, Bildung (Culture)

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Published: 2025-12-12T17:00:00+00:00
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Athenian and I get together to begin working through the foundational concepts for Gadamer's argument that it is intuition and not method that give us access to understanding and thus truth. Athenian Stranger and I work through the first of these crucial foundational concepts for Gadamer as he works to establish intuition as the ground of understanding and thus truth. The first of these is Bildung or culture. How is it that we have access to something that transcends our particularity? Can we grasp the universal, that which transcends us and binds us into a whole? We begin this effort “from below” with this idea of culture, Bildung. [Note: our conversation is cut short because the Thanksgiving guests that Athenian was expecting arrived.] Sponsorship Partners FoxNSons Coffee Steve Fox is one of “our guys” and he sells coffee. Good coffee. If you live in the US — sorry Canadians…too much government red tape involved in shipping coffee over the border…my supply comes hand delivered — he can ship you your coffee right to your doorstep. Go to the FoxNSons website now and use the promo code “kruptos” for a 15% discount. Axios Fitness Coaching JD is also one of “our guys” and he wants to help you get fit and stay fit for what is coming. Head over to Axios and get started today! Seeking the Hidden Thing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/subscribe

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