Two Paths of Practical Hermeneutics:Between Heidegger and Gadamer
The philosophical hermeneutics proposed by Gadamer in Truth and Method originates from Heidegger's early hermeneutics of facticity,yet differing remarkably from the latter with a strong"ontological interest".In terms of their practical orientation,the aforesaid approaches can be called two paths of practical hermeneutics.First of all,Gadamer's practical hermeneutics is one of dialogue,which is based on Heidegger's hermeneutics of the Self but goes beyond the latter by emphasizing the dialectical movement and fusion of horizons taking place between the Self and the Other.At the same time,it aims at a reconstruction of the legitimacy of tradition,arguing that an encounter with the inherited object constitutes the condition of possibility for understanding.However,the underlying motive for Gadamer's hermeneutic reconstruction of the Other and tradition is the same as Heidegger's stress on the ontological orientation,for both of them stem from a claim of universality in practical hermeneutics.In this sense,the fundamental feature of practical hermeneutics consists in its reconstruction of universality,or,its establishment of a concrete and historical universality.
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