Teoria interpretacji Paula Ricoeura i Hansa-Georga Gadamera. Analiza porównawcza

Abstract

The article aims to analyze the hermeneutics of discourse outlined by Paul Ricoeur in his Interpretation Theory, and to compare the themes related to it with the issues raised by Hans-Georg Gadamer’s philosophy. In his work, Ricoeur presents interpretation as a dialectical process going from naive understanding to explanation, and then from explanation to a deeper understanding. At each of these three stages, some problems arise with which Gadamer had struggled several years earlier in his Truth and Method. However, it is Ricoeur’s concept that will be the starting point for the author as it displays the issue of interpretation in a systematic and orderly manner, while analogous themes regarding interpretation which can be found in Gadamer, are distributed among many of his works and are often intertwined with issues not directly related to the phenomenon of understanding itself.

The article aims to analyze the hermeneutics of discourse outlined by Paul Ricoeur in his Interpretation Theory, and to compare the themes related to it with the issues raised by Hans-Georg Gadamer’s philosophy. In his work, Ricoeur presents interpretation as a dialectical process going from naive understanding to explanation, and then from explanation to a deeper understanding. At each of these three stages, some problems arise with which Gadamer had struggled several years earlier in his Truth and Method. However, it is Ricoeur’s concept that will be the starting point for the author as it displays the issue of interpretation in a systematic and orderly manner, while analogous themes regarding interpretation which can be found in Gadamer, are distributed among many of his works and are often intertwined with issues not directly related to the phenomenon of understanding itself.

The article aims to analyze the hermeneutics of discourse outlined by Paul Ricoeur in his Interpretation Theory, and to compare the themes related to it with the issues raised by Hans-Georg Gadamer’s philosophy. In his work, Ricoeur presents interpretation as a dialectical process going from naive understanding to explanation, and then from explanation to a deeper understanding. At each of these three stages, some problems arise with which Gadamer had struggled several years earlier in his Truth and Method. However, it is Ricoeur’s concept that will be the starting point for the author as it displays the issue of interpretation in a systematic and orderly manner, while analogous themes regarding interpretation which can be found in Gadamer, are distributed among many of his works and are often intertwined with issues not directly related to the phenomenon of understanding itself.

The article aims to analyze the hermeneutics of discourse outlined by Paul Ricoeur in his Interpretation Theory, and to compare the themes related to it with the issues raised by Hans-Georg Gadamer’s philosophy. In his work, Ricoeur presents interpretation as a dialectical process going from naive understanding to explanation, and then from explanation to a deeper understanding. At each of these three stages, some problems arise with which Gadamer had struggled several years earlier in his Truth and Method. However, it is Ricoeur’s concept that will be the starting point for the author as it displays the issue of interpretation in a systematic and orderly manner, while analogous themes regarding interpretation which can be found in Gadamer, are distributed among many of his works and are often intertwined with issues not directly related to the phenomenon of understanding itself.

Celem artykułu jest dokonanie analizy hermeneutyki dyskursu, zarysowanej przez Paula Ricoeura w Teorii interpretacji, oraz zestawienie związanych z nią wątków z zagadnieniami, które w swojej filozofii poruszał Hans-Georg Gadamer. Ricoeur w swoim dziele ukazuje interpretację jako dialektyczny proces przebiegający od naiwnego rozumienia do wyjaśniania, a następnie od wyjaśniania do rozumienia pogłębionego. Na każdym z tych trzech etapów pojawiają się problemy, z którymi Gadamer zmagał się kilkanaście lat wcześniej w Prawdzie i metodzie. To jednak koncepcja Ricoeura będzie dla mnie punktem wyjścia, gdyż zagadnienie interpretacji jest w niej przedstawione w systematyczny i uporządkowany sposób, natomiast analogiczne wątki dotyczące interpretacji, które możemy odnaleźć u Gadamera, są rozmieszczone w wielu pracach oraz często przeplatają się z zagadnieniami niedotyczącymi wprost samego fenomenu rozumienia.

The article aims to analyze the hermeneutics of discourse outlined by Paul Ricoeur in his Interpretation Theory, and to compare the themes related to it with the issues raised by Hans-Georg Gadamer’s philosophy. In his work, Ricoeur presents interpretation as a dialectical process going from naive understanding to explanation, and then from explanation to a deeper understanding. At each of these three stages, some problems arise with which Gadamer had struggled several years earlier in his Truth and Method. However, it is Ricoeur’s concept that will be the starting point for the author as it displays the issue of interpretation in a systematic and orderly manner, while analogous themes regarding interpretation which can be found in Gadamer, are distributed among many of his works and are often intertwined with issues not directly related to the phenomenon of understanding itself.