Research On The Play Theory Of Gamader

For one of the greatest philosophers in the20th century, Gadamer owns his status of the philosophical hermeneutics. He has a rich and wide horizon and made a series of amazing theories.The Play Theory is one of the most important theories. In the "Truth and Method" and "The Relevance of the Beautiful", he used the phenomenological method and forward the’play’theory.According to the Play Theory of Gadamer,"The Play Theory is the existence of art works." The subject of the Play is the Play, but is not the player. Play is an orderly and movably repeated movement. The existence of the Play is self-expression The Play is the entirety of the play, player and audience. The significance of the Play is implementated by the audience. The theory’s concept of Gadamer’s Play is meaningful to his player.In the first chapter, this paper introduces some theories of the Play in the history of the Philosophy:Kant, Schiller, Huizinga’s Play Points and their influences. In the second one, the writer mainly expounds the theory of the Play in Gadamer’s Esthetic system. In the third past, the writer discusses the viewpoint about the Play and of Gadamer. And in the last past, the writer introduces the Esthetic value and the actual significance.