Abstract

MUNOZ, Mauricio Mancilla. Topicality of the Hermeneutic Method of Friedrich Schleiermacher. Escritos - Fac. Filos. Let. Univ. Pontif. Bolivar. [online]. 2021, vol.29, n.62, pp.56-72.  Epub Dec 10, 2021. ISSN 0120-1263.  https://doi.org/10.18566/escr.v29n62.a04.

The aim of the article is to show that Friedrich Schleiermacher's Hermeneutic method is still topical and relevant for research in the field of humanities. One of the arguments is that most of recent commentaries on his hermeneutic program are based in a "non-critical position" and reproduce the assumptions of Hans Georg Gadamer's "dominant reading". This is the consequence of a lack of "critical editions" of the work of Schleiermacher regarding Hermeneutics, an issue that has recently been compensated for with the publication of the volume that collects his Vorlesungen zur Hermeneutik und Kritik, which includes numerous notes and additional material. Based on this critical edition, the article addresses some of his most important concepts, such as language, grammatical interpretation, technical or psychological interpretation, divinatory method, comparative method, hermeneutic circle of understanding, reconstruction of discourse, and interpretation as an infinite task. It undertakes a conceptual analysis of the aforementioned collection and an interpretation that is not undermined by classical works of Hermeneutics. Finally, it offers some remarks regarding the novel possibilities of Schleiermacher's philosophy for our time.

Keywords : Friedrich Schleiermacher; Hermeneutics; Understanding; Language; Grammatical Interpretation; Technical-Psychological Interpretation; Divinatory Method; Comparative Method; Hermeneutic Circle; Kunstlehre.

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