the stance of human sciences problem in Gadamer's Hermeneutics

Document Type : علمی وپزوهشی

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1 philosophy of science and technology, westernology and science studies, institute of humanities and cultural studies, tehran, iran

2 theology and religions, shahid beheshti university, thran, iran

3 western history and civilization, occidentalism and science studies, institute of humanities and cultural studies

10.22059/jsr.2024.283098.1409

Abstract

The position of human sciences in Gadamer’ s philosophy is one of the challenging issues in his thought. Human sciences or spiritual sciences (Geisteswissenschaften) is one of the things that has a serious presence in Gadamer’ s philosophical hermeneutics; The central issue is what is the relationship between Gadamer’ s philosophy and humanities. In one reading because of Gadamer’ s hermeneutics failing to connect hermeneutics to the human sciences in an attempt to develop the Dilthey project, and in accordance with the developments of postmodernity, it has prepared a pluralistic method, multicultural and truth-free methods for human sciences, or there is not a direct connection between Gadamer’ s hermeneutics and the human sciences and philosophical hermeneutics is only about hermeneutic existence of Dasein. By criticizing both of the above readings, this article shows that the recovery of the fundamental meaning of truth and then knowledge in Gadamer’ s philosophical hermeneutics puts a fundamental meaning of human sciences on the table and together with ancient practical philosophy in a way that It also can be used as a basis for discovering the meaning of other components of Gadamer’ s philosophy.

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Sociological Review
Volume 31, Issue 1
September 2024
Pages 29-46

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