Philosophy as hermeneutics. The world of the text concept in Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics

The purpose of the present study is to bring into discussion the articulations of paul Ricoeur's concept regarding philosophy as a hermeneutic exercise. We aim to show that Ricoeur's phenomenological hermeneutics expresses a radical direction of reflective philosophy, starting off from reformulating its foundations. Philosophy as hermeneutics is a justified concept, especially with regard to defining the concept theme of the world of the text and the self-understanding, the reflection acting as a force, not only over the unfamiliar, but also on the self as subject matter of knowledge, creation and value acts. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.