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2000. Gadamer: between Heidegger and Habermas, Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefields
Enlightenment and Tradition
Scheibler nicely illustrates the disagreement between Gadamer and Habermas about the value of tradition. Habermas rejects tradition and 'authority' as mere dogma and prejudice. Gadamer sees tradition as the Heideggerian world into which we are thrown - the background against which any enlightenment must emerge as figure.