Gadamer's Hermeneutics as Practical Philosophy 615 Before focusing on the mentioned problems, it is necessary to draw one's attention to adilemma and critique of Gadamer's hermeneutics.tarting from Heideggers definition of being astime, and understanding as the mode of being or Dasein, Gadamer comes to an insightthat the historical character of every understanding is a principle of hermeneutics.