Dialectic and dialogue in the hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur and H.G. Gadamer

被引:11
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作者
Gonzalez, Francisco J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Skidmore Coll, Dept Philosophy & Relig, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 USA
基金
美国人文基金会;
关键词
Critical Distance; Temporal Distance; Productive Negativity; Socratic Dialogue; Hermeneutic Circle;
D O I
10.1007/s11007-006-9031-4
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
The present paper uses the theme of dialectic and dialogue to begin unraveling the similarities and differences between the hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur and H.G. Gadamer. Ricoeur is shown to distance himself from Heidegger by insisting on a dimension of explanation and distanciation (which he sometimes identifies with Plato's 'descending dialectic') that cannot be reduced to, or absorbed by, understanding and appropriation. This same move, however, leads him to reject Platonic dialogue, with the attendant prioritizing of oral conversation over the written text, as a model for hermeneutics. Ricoeur therefore sees in Gadamer's recourse to such a model a regression to the problematic position of Heidegger. Yet the conception of philosophy as dialectical and dialogical which Gadamer finds in Plato is capable of responding to Ricoeur's objections. Where the fundamental difference between the hermeneutics of Ricoeur and Gadamer emerges is in the question of whether experience is fundamentally dialectical and whether language is inherently dialogical. © Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006.
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页码:313 / 345
页数:33
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