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Hanso Georgo Gadamerio filosofinė hermeneutika ir geros valios suprasti prasmė
The Meaning of Good Will to Understand in H. G. Gadamer‘S Philosophical Hermeneutics

Author(s): Arūnas Mickevičius
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Keywords: hermeneutics; dialectics of question and answer; deconstruction; good will to understand; meaning; metaphysics of presence

Summary/Abstract: The article gives an account of the encounter between Jacques Derrida and Hans-Georg Gadamer at the Goethe Institute in Paris in April 1981. The article discusses disagreement between Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics and Derrida’s deconstruction. The main aim is to show why hermeneutical “good will to understand” cannot be reduced to “metaphysics of presence”. Another aim is to explicate possible interconnections between hermeneutics and deconstruction strategies.

  • Issue Year: 18/2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 37-43
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Lithuanian