
Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Berlin
Year: 2016
Pages: 175-195
Series: Contributions to Hermeneutics
ISBN (Undefined): 9783319334240
Full citation:
, "Hermeneutics and truth", in: Hermeneutics and phenomenology in Paul Ricoeur, Berlin, Springer, 2016


Hermeneutics and truth
from alētheia to attestation
pp. 175-195
in: Scott Davidson, Marc-Antoine Vallée (eds), Hermeneutics and phenomenology in Paul Ricoeur, Berlin, Springer, 2016Abstract
This essay aims to correct a prevalent misconception about Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics, which understands it to support a conception of human understanding as finite as Heidegger did, but in a more "conceptually conservative" way. The result is that Ricoeur's work is viewed as incapable of addressing the most pressing problems in contemporary Continental metaphysics. In response, it is argued that Ricoeur is in fact the first to develop an infinite hermeneutics, which develops Heidegger's sense of hermeneutics significantly. This position is demonstrated by tracing the itinerary from Heidegger's account of aletheia to Ricoeur's account of attestation. The conclusion, then, not only clears Ricoeur of the stated charges, but also presents a more viable path for the future of hermeneutics.
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Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Berlin
Year: 2016
Pages: 175-195
Series: Contributions to Hermeneutics
ISBN (Undefined): 9783319334240
Full citation:
, "Hermeneutics and truth", in: Hermeneutics and phenomenology in Paul Ricoeur, Berlin, Springer, 2016