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| Hermeneutics: Hermeneutics is the theory and practice of interpretation, especially the interpretation of texts. Hermeneutics is concerned with the question of how we understand meaning. It is based on the idea that meaning is not fixed or objective, but rather is created through a process of interpretation. This means that the interpreter's own background and experiences will play a role in shaping their understanding of the text. See also Interpretation, Texts, Hermeneutc circle._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Paul Ricoeur on Hermeneutics - Dictionary of Arguments
I 39 Hermeneutics/Ricoeur: The problem of the illusion (...) inherent in Nietzsche's "interpretation" leads us to the main difficulty that determines the fate of modern hermeneutics. I 40 Problem: There is no general hermeneutics, no universal canon for exegesis, but separate and conflicting theories about the rules of interpretation. The hermeneutic field (...) is split in itself. A. On the one hand, hermeneutics is understood as the manifestation and restoration of a meaning, which is addressed in the manner of a message, a proclamation or, as it is sometimes called, a kerygma; B. On the other hand, it is understood as demystification, as dismantling illusions. On this side of the struggle is psychoanalysis, at least in the first reading. >Interpretation/Ricoeur, >Sense/Ricoeur, >Interpretation of dreams/Ricoeur. I 43 Concern for the object/Ricoeur: in the final analysis, this concern is based on a trust in language, - the belief that the language bearing the symbols is spoken less by people than to people, who are born in the midst of language, in the light of the Logos (...). >Beliefs/Ricoeur, >Religious Belief/Ricoeur, >Interpretation/Ricoeur, >Epoché/Ricoeur. C. Hermeneutics under the sign of "doubt"/Ricoeur: this other theory of interpretation begins precisely with the doubt whether such an object exists and whether this object can be the place where the intentional purpose turns into kerygma, revelation and proclamation. Therefore this Hermeneutics is not a detachment of the object, but a tearing down of the mask, an interpretation that reduces the disguises. - - - II 45 Hermeneutics/symbol/Ricoeur: In my earlier writings, especially The Symbolism of Evil and Freud and Philosophy(1,2), I directly defined hermeneutics by an object which seemed to be both as broad and as precise as possible, I mean the symbol. As regards the symbol, I defined it in turn by its semantic structure of having a double-meaning. Today I am less certain that one can attack the problem so directly without first having taken linguistics into account. Within the symbol, it now seems to me, there is something non-semantic as well as something semantic (...). >Metaphor/Ricoeur. 1. P. Ricoeur, The Symbolism of Evil, trans. Emerson Buchanan (New York: Harper & Row, 1967); 2. P. Ricoeur, Freud and Philosophy: An Essay on Interpretation, trans. Denis Savage (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970)._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Ricoeur I Paul Ricoeur De L’interprétation. Essai sur Sigmund Freud German Edition: Die Interpretation. Ein Versuch über Freud Frankfurt/M. 1999 Ricoeur II Paul Ricoeur Interpretation theory: discourse and the surplus of meaning Fort Worth 1976 |
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