Philosophy: Continental Philosophy: Hermeneutics: Page 2

Paul Griffiths' review of the book, "Buddhist Hermeneutics" from the journal, Philosophy East & West, Vol.40 No.2 April 1990.

"Hermeneutics in the Ninteenth Century" in The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism

"Hermeneutics in the Twentieth Century" in The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism

Bibliography with the following categories: Hermeneutics and Cognitive Science; Literary Hermeneutics; Hermeneutics and Economics; Hermeneutics and Education; Interpretation in Medicine, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; and Animal Behavior.

Hermeneutics is both science and art. In many ways this beguilingly simple statement is responsible for the modern ferment in hermeneutics - a process begun with F. Schleiermacher (1768-1834) and his attempt to gain meaning through understanding the mind of the author; given significant impetus more recently in the seminal work of Hans-Georg Gadamer and his call for a dialectic between the horizons of the text and reader; and radicalized in the increasingly reader-response oriented hermeneutics of today. Ricoeur's hermeneutic of suspicion represents his attempt to retain both science and art, whilst disallowing either an absolute status.

The Society was founded in 1984 to further the study of Continental philosophy in Canada and abroad. Its membership includes scholars and students working in the various Continental traditions -- including classical German philosophy, phenomenology, existential philosophy, hermeneutics, critical theory, poststructuralism, deconstruction, postmodernism, and feminism -- as well as in related disciplines within the arts, humanities, and social sciences.