title: Hermeneutic reason as the “Art of understanding”
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metadata.value: Kleszcz, Leszek
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-11-02T13:13:43Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-11-02T13:13:43Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-09
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metadata.value: Kleszcz L. Hermeneutic reason as the “Art of understanding”. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2021, vol. 37, issue 3, pp. 441–448.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2021.306
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/33390
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metadata.value: Originally, hermeneutics was the interpretation of important texts. In the 19th century, hermeneutics
  transformed into a science about the meaning and interpretation of all expressions. In
  the 20th century, Martin Heidegger radicalized hermeneutics, indicating that understanding
  (the essence of hermeneutics) is not a technical or intellectual operation, but a way of being.
  The central point of reference in the article is the hermeneutic philosophy of Hans-Georg
  Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur. The central idea of Gadamer’s philosophy is understanding, which
  is connected with the so-called “rehabilitation of practical philosophy”. In such philosophy,
  the question concerning wisdom and thinking about the best possible way of life occupies an
  important place. Gadamer in his philosophy indicated the conditions of understanding. One
  of the main elements of his concept is hermeneutic experience, a negative experience, meaning
  awareness of the finite nature of all understanding. Complementation of Gadamer’s concept
  could be the hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur. He believed that there is not a correct method
  of interpretation and the best way to understand is the “conflict of hermeneutics”. Ricoeure
  discerned two forms of hermeneutics: “hermeneutics of trust” and “hermeneutics of suspicion”.
  The idea of hermeneutics is developed as an art of understanding, indicating the conditions
  and possibilities of interpreting texts, symbols and metaphors. An interesting addition
  to the philosophy of Gadamer and Ricoeur is Hans Blumenberg’s concept of metaphorology.
  He identified three basic positions of metaphors and the functions they perform: traditional,
  understanding a metaphor as inaccurate; pre-conceptual speech; and the unavoidable and irreplaceable
  nature of a metaphor. Under this concept lies the science of images through which
  man grasps himself and the world. Blumenberg explored the functions of various metaphors
  depicting truth (light, nudity), human life (sea travel, hiking, climbing) or the world (clock,
  machine, organism). Absolute metaphors, in addition to presenting the picture of the whole
  of reality, also play the role of orienting patterns, directing action. They contain certain value
  systems that determine attitudes, expectations, longings, interests, and indicate important or
  indifferent things or spheres, incline to certain actions or omissions.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 37; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: hermeneutics
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: understanding
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: interpretation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: prejudgments
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: hermeneutic experience
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: metaphor
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Hermeneutic reason as the “Art of understanding”
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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