ISSN:
1572-8587
Keywords:
(Anti)Realism
;
interpretationism
;
semiotics
;
mono-/polysemy
;
anthropology
;
truth
;
hermeneutical circle
;
preconception (prejudice)
;
principle of charity
;
fallibilism
;
criteria of truth and objectivity
;
fictional and informative systems of signs
;
author's intention
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Philosophy
,
Nature of Science, Research, Systems of Higher Education, Museum Science
Notes:
Summary Towards a reconstruction of philosophical hermeneutics. Following Nietzsche, Heidegger and, on the other hand, Cassirer and Wittgenstein, a philosophy of interpretation, i.e. a relativism of world-views, is at present increasing in continental as well as in analytical philosophy. From the basis of a critical fallibilism the shortcomings of the new epistemological antirealism are pointed out in general, and, hence, consequences are drawn for the more specialized case of metahermeneutics (hermeneutics being defined as a sort of pragmatical semiotics). A combination of realistic and antirealistic elements is recommended as unevitable. According to this, firstly, the key-concepts of hermeneutics must be differentiated, and, secondly, a fundamental set of criteria can be established that bridges the gap between metahermeneutics and hermeneutical practice.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01130933
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