PROBLEMS OF INTERPRETATION IN ONTOLOGICAL HERMENEUTICS

Abstract

Gadamer’s ontological hermeneutics postulate the universality ofinterpretation, incorporating the classical (philological, juristic and theological)schools of interpretation, the philosophical spirit, phenomenology, the science ofhistory and humanistic tradition within the framework of a unique body of research.However, the question is how eclectic is Gadamer’s grounding of hermeneutics?Th e author attempts to show that there are many outside interpretations in theheterogeneous series of hermeneutic solutions that make up the great philosophicalwork Truth and Method, and they later become Gadamer’s vital theses. Examples ofthis include: the subjective and objective aspects of interpretation; the HermeneuticCircle; the problem of application; the ontological aspect of understanding; therelation between being and language; a more source-related interpretation ofSchleiermacher and Dilthey - these are not Gadamer’s discoveries. Consideringthe range of Betti’s critique, the author emphasizes that the intention of Gadamer’shermeneutics is the new awakening of the importance of scientifi c consciousness forthe fate of humankind.