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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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Leo Strauss on Hermeneutics - Dictionary of Arguments
Gadamer I 300 Hermeneutics/Code/Leo Strauss/Gadamer: There is one exception to this anticipation of perfection: the case of misplaced or encrypted writing. This case poses the most difficult hermeneutical problems.(1) This exceptional case of hermeneutic behaviour is of exemplary importance in that here the pure interpretation of meaning is transgressed in the same direction as when historical source criticism goes back behind tradition. Although this is not a historical but a hermeneutical task, it can only be solved by using a factual understanding as the key. Only then can the disguise be deciphered - just as one understands irony in conversation to the degree that one is in fact in agreement with the other. The apparent exception thus confirms all the more that understanding implies agreement. GadamerVsStrauss: Whether Strauss is always right in carrying out his principle, for example in Spinoza, is doubtful to me. "Disguise" implies a maximum of consciousness. Accomodation, conformism, etc. do not have to be conscious. In my opinion, Strauss did not pay enough attention to this.(2) ((s) Cf. >Radical Interpretation). 1. Leo Strauss in: Persecution and the Art of Writing). 2. Cf. a. a. O. , p. 223ff., as well as my work: „Hermeneutik und Historismus«, vol. 2 of Ges. Werke, p. 387 ff. In the meantime, these problems have been much discussed - on too narrow a semantic basis, it seems to me. Cf. D. Davidson, Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation, Oxford 1984._____________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. |
StraussDFr I David Friedrich Strauss Der alte und der neue Glaube Hamburg 2012 Gadamer I Hans-Georg Gadamer Wahrheit und Methode. Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik 7. durchgesehene Auflage Tübingen 1960/2010 Gadamer II H. G. Gadamer The Relevance of the Beautiful, London 1986 German Edition: Die Aktualität des Schönen: Kunst als Spiel, Symbol und Fest Stuttgart 1977 |
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