The rise of the theme of interpretation in contemporary philosophy has sparked criticism of those positions that treat all human praxis as a form of interpretation, promoting a relativism for which no objective truth exists. This paper argues that Hans-Georg Gadamer´s hermeneutics avoids this criticism by developing a dialectical notion of interpretation in which interpreting does not mean imposing an arbitrary meaning, but rather mediating a particular concrete situation through a common space of meaning. Here it is examined how, according to Gadamer, this mediation takes place both in the understanding of the social world and at the more fundamental level of living language. Finally, some avenues for further development opened up by this examination are suggested, in particular that of a hermeneutic social philosophy capable of providing guidance on meaning to contemporary capitalist societies.
The evolving postmodern world bears witness to a hermeneutical shift in which diverse, and even opposing, interpretations of reality have become simultaneously equivalent and equally authoritative. Within this interpretive melting pot, Christian hermeneutics has become only one voice among many, and the particular nuan...
G. Smit· Stellenbosch theological jou...· 0 citations
This paper examines the interpretation of philosophical preconceptions as a central activity of teaching philosophy. Complementing approaches that focus primarily on learners’ preconceptions as starting points of inquiry, it develops an account of the epistemic structure of the teacher’s interpretive activity. Drawing...
N. Höppner· Journal of didactics of phil...· 0 citations
This article presents an interpretation of the phenomenon of violence in the philosophy of Gianni Vattimo. The main thesis of the article is that, for Vattimo, metaphysics—understood as the belief in the existence of absolutely true and final interpretations—constitutes the fundamental, if not exclusive, source of viol...
This article examines transhumanism as an intellectual and cultural movement aimed at overcoming human biological limitations through technology. It analyzes the term's evolution from mid-20th-century futurological concepts to contemporary philosophical discourse. Particular attention is paid to the concept of «posthum...
V. V. Chernyshenko· Abyss (Studies in Philosophy...· 0 citations
The article addresses the question of values in dogmatic theology and advances the thesis that dogmatics does not proceed from an autonomous order of values, but from the revelation of God in Jesus Christ. Values are therefore not primary normative categories, but secondary expressions of participation in divine realit...
Alenka Arko· Edinost in dialog· 0 citations
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