Hermeneutics

Hermeneutics is a course that introduces undergraduate students to the contemporary theory of interpretation promoted by Hans-Georg Gadamer. Through exposure to the primary essays, the course highlights essential ideas that constitute Gadamer's hermeneutics, which is different from other versions of hermeneutics that preceded it.

At the end of the course, the students shall have been able to (1) trace the differentiate between classical and philosophical hermeneutics; (2) define Gadamer's version of the hermeneutical problem; (3) explain the centrality of language in philosophical hermeneutics; and (4) define the task of hermeneutics as philosophy.

The Philosophical Hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer

Classical and philosophical hermeneutics (1974/1977)
The universality of the hermeneutical problem (1966)
Language and understanding (1970)
From word to concept: The task of hermeneutics as philosophy (1994)

Lecture Slides

REFERENCES:

Gadamer, H.G. (2007). The Gadamer reader: A bouquet of the later writings. Edited by Richard E. Palmer. Topics in Historical Philosophy. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press.
Gadamer, H.G. (2004). Truth and method. 2nd revised edition of the 5th German edition. Translation revised by Joel Weinsheimer & Donald G. Marshall. London & New York: Continuum.
Gadamer, H.G. (1976). Philosophical hermeneutics. Translated and edited by David E. Linge. Berkeley, Los Angeles & London: University of California Press.
Grondin, J. (2003). The philosophy of Gadamer. Translated by Kathryn Plant. Continental European Philosophy. Sussex, UK: Acumen.
Grondin, J. (1994). Introduction to philosophical hermeneutics. Foreword by Hans-Georg Gadamer. Translated by Joel Weinsheimer. Yale Studies in Hermeneutics. New Haven & London: Yale University Press.
Keane, N. & Lawn, C., Eds. (2016). The Blackwell companion to hermeneutics. Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Malpas, J & Gander, H.H., Eds. (2015). The Routledge companion to hermeneutics. Routledge Philosophy Companions. Oxford & New York: Routledge.
Schmidt, L.K. (2006). Understanding hermeneutics. Understanding Movements in Modern Thought. Durham, UK: Acumen.
Simms, K. (2015). Hans-Georg Gadamer. Routledge Critical Thinkers. Oxford & New York: Routledge.

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