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| Hermeneutic circle: The hermeneutic circle is a process of interpretation in which the whole and its parts are mutually illuminating. It is a recursive process in which the interpreter moves back and forth between the whole text and its individual parts in order to arrive at a comprehensive understanding. See also Hermeneutics._____________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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Hans-Georg Gadamer on Hermeneutic Circle - Dictionary of Arguments
I 296 Hermeneutic Circle/Gadamer: How does the hermeneutic effort begin? What follows for understanding from the hermeneutical condition of belonging to a tradition? >Hermeneutics/Gadamer, >Tradition/Gadamer. We recall here the hermeneutical rule that one must understand the whole from the individual and the individual from the whole. It originates from ancient rhetoric and has been transferred through modern hermeneutics from the art of oratory to the art of understanding. It's a circular relationship, here and there. The anticipation of meaning, in which the whole is meant, comes to an explicit understanding through the fact that the parts which are determined by the whole, in turn determine the whole themselves. The task is to create concentric circles to expand the unity of the understood sense. Attunement of all details to the whole is the respective criterion for the correctness of understanding. >Hermeneutic Circle/Schleiermacher._____________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. |
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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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28