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Single Idea 24147
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics
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Full Idea
A thought is not taken to be immediately certain, but rather a sign, a question mark. That each thought is initially ambiguous and fluctuating, and is in itself only an occasion for multiple interpretations …is experienced by every deep observer.
Gist of Idea
Thoughts are uncertain, and are just occasions for interpretation
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85 [1884], 26[092])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1884-85 (v 15)', ed/tr. Loeb,P.S./Tinsley,D.F. [Stanford 2022], p.157
A Reaction
This idea makes me a little more sympathetic to the hermeneutic view of philosophy, as endless interpretations. I assumed it only referred to texts. A thought is not a done deal, but an occasion for further thought. He says the same of feelings.
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[seeking rhetorical explanation instead of hard facts]:
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5435
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An interpreter of a text, because of wider knowledge, can understand it better than its author
[Schleiermacher, by Mautner]
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22028
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Unity emerges from understanding particulars, so understanding is prior to seeing unity
[Schleiermacher]
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5437
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The claim of hermeneutics to give knowledge through understanding is challenged by positivism
[Mautner on Dilthey]
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24147
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Thoughts are uncertain, and are just occasions for interpretation
[Nietzsche]
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23212
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A text has many interpretations, but no 'correct' one
[Nietzsche]
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23075
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A text explained ceases to be a text
[Cioran]
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21892
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Interpretations can be interpreted, so there is no original 'meaning' available
[Derrida]
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5438
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Hermeneutics of tradition is sympathetic, hermeneutics of suspicion is hostile
[Ricoeur, by Mautner]
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20925
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Hermeneutics blunts truth, by conforming it to the interpreter
[Derrida, by Zimmermann,J]
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20934
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Hermeneutics is hostile, trying to overcome the other person's difference
[Derrida, by Zimmermann,J]
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5439
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The 'hermeneutic circle' says parts and wholes are interdependent, and so cannot be interpreted
[Mautner]
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15575
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Knowledge is not a static set of correct propositions, but a continuing search for better interpretations
[Polt]
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23449
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Interpreting a text is representing it as making sense
[Morris,M]
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23408
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The hermeneutic circle is either within the text, or between text and biased reader
[Norden]
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23407
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Heremeneutics is either 'faith' (examining truth) or 'suspicion' (looking for hidden motives)
[Norden]
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