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It is not our object, in the present work, to offer the facts of philosophy in a form more acceptable to ourselves than the elaborate works now current; much less do we expect to add, at any point, to the fullness of these presentations. Our aim is simply to make, in as brief a compass as possible, a contribution to a clearer understanding of the facts of philosophy in their dependence on each other, and in the conclusions to which they naturally lead. In accomplishing this purpose, we shall have occasion only for a brief statement of the primary features in the different phases that philosophy has assumed, and shall take for granted considerable familiarity with the topics under discussion. If we render any aid, it will be aid in comprehending the facts rather than in securing a more complete knowledge of them. We shall be more interested in the distinctive and extreme positions which writers and schools of philosophy have taken, the peculiar impulses they have felt and imparted, than in the limitations, qualifications, and partial retractions by which they have striven later to restore the balance of thought and to defend themselves against attack. Metaphysics are often derided and avoided as worthless, sporadic products of speculation, because this their inevitableness, both in the efforts after growth and in the errors of growth, is not sufficiently felt. The most comprehensive outlook we can possibly take of the products of the human mind is one in survey of those manifold phases of philosophy by which it has sought to explain the world to itself". (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

Interpretation (Philosophy)

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Interpretation is crucial. Indeed, it is the very concept that may protect the humanities from the loss of their specific character. It may also stop the tendency to take the practices and methods of natural sciences as models, for example by focusing on quantitative aspects (when sociology or philosophy use criteria from the neurosciences) or by employing cognitivism instead of an historical approach. The concept of interpretation allows us to reflect on the historical and social aspects of any research. This can only be understood if we take into account the problem of the sense and meaning of individual and social conduct, by analysing the intentions of historical agents.

Religioni --- Hermeneutics --- Interpretation (Philosophy)

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Interpretation (Philosophy) --- Philosophy

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Le malentendu n'est pas la mécompréhension, car son horizon est celui de la morale et non celui de l'herméneutique. Et pourtant, le fait que nous nous comprenions mal, lorsque nous nous parlons ou nous nous lisons, ne cesse de générer entre nous des malentendus. C'est donc que les frontières, de l'un à l'autre, sont fort poreuses. Or s'il est éventuellement possible de penser une fécondité paradoxale de la mécompréhension, est-il concevable, sans tenir un discours cynique et pervers, de parler d'une ironique fécondité du malentendu? Jusqu'où oser tenir un tel propos et quelle peut en être la pertinence? C'est à explorer les enjeux d'un tel questionnement, avec et au-delà de l'éthique, que s'attache cet ouvrage.

Hermeneutics --- Comprehension --- Interpretation (Philosophy)

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The interpretation of any written discourse is problematic, which is the concern of this book. The relevant hermeneutical questions are: Do authors communicate their intention so that understanding of their intent is possible? Can a person other than an author speak through an author's text? Can individual meaning, which is personal, ever be regarded as equivalent to that of the author? Any assertion of God speaking in and through the biblical text must first deal with these hermeneutical questions. Questions of the existence and speaking of God are matters of belief. However, questions asking can a God who exists speak so that I understand His intention, and can my meaning be relative to His, these are matters of hermeneutics. The answer in contemporary philosophical approaches to texts has been to declare a resounding no, creating confusion for someone seeking to deal with God's intention for their lives in understanding biblical text. This must be addressed and not treated dismissively. When this is done a resounding yes is disclosed as valid hermeneutically, opening new horizons not only in dealing with biblical text but with any author's text.

Hermeneutics --- Criticism --- Interpretation (Philosophy)