Speculative Discourse Combines there and not-there

“When something is reflected in something else, say, the castle in the lake, it means that the lake throws back the image of the castle. The mirror image is essentially connected with the actual sight of the thing through the medium of the observer. “(Gadamer, 1960/1990, p. 466)

The event of understanding—say, the writing of this book—connects what is there (the castle) with what is not there (the reflection), just as this book connects my history as a leader (what is there) with its reflection in hermeneutic philosophy (what is not there), but the writing process connects the two