Hermeneutyka i czas
Hermeneutics and Time

To Invent Hermeneutics Again

Author(s): Łukasz Kołoczek
Subject(s): Philosophy, Phenomenology, Hermeneutics
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: time; hermeneutics; Heidegger; Gadamer; Ricoeur; Lévinas
Summary/Abstract: The reasoning is based on two observations: first, each interpretation of time is closely related to the understanding of human existence and its relation to the world and to oneself (thus there is no isolated theory of time). Secondly, time is not one, and different descriptions of time do not allow to be consistent. If we agree that time is heterogeneous and incoherent, the question can be asked what understanding of human existence results from this fact. Human existence must have the ability to understand itself in different ways and to “jump” between them. This result entitles me to propose a “second degree hermeneutics” that will move in the field of various philosophical theories.

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