Poznanie teoretyczne a hermeneutyka
Theoretical Cognition and Hermeneutics

Summary/Abstract: The subject matter of this paper is the relation between theoretical cognition and hermeneutics as the practice of comprehension and interpretation. Pointing to the disjoint character of both these fields, the author invokes their traditions as well as differences in the understanding of their definitions and functions. At the same time he points to the mutual interaction of cognition as well as comprehension and interpretation. The author views hermeneutics not as a negation of philosophy but, rather, as a complementation of its cognitive operations and functions. As a corollary, in the awareness of the role of comprehension and interpretation in cognition, i.e. in the so-called hermeneutic consciousness, he observes a subsequent step in attaining self-knowledge by philosophical thought.

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