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Full Idea
In the hermeneutic ideal of knowledge, not distance but involvement, not impersonal observation but personal interaction, not thinking against prejudice or tradition but accessing knowledge through them, characterizes our perception of the world.
Gist of Idea
Hermeneutic knowledge is not objective, but embraces interpretations
Source
Jens Zimmermann (Hermeneutics: a very short introduction [2015], 3 'Beyond')
Book Ref
Zimmerman,Jens: 'Hermeneutics: very short introduction' [OUP 2015], p.53
A Reaction
To make this stick it will have to challenge scientific knowledge which results from mathematical summaries of measurements done by instruments. Is a stop watch an interpretation?
| 20923 | We take part in objective truth, rather than observe it from a distance [Zimmermann,J] |
| 20924 | In phenomenology, all perception is 'seeing as' [Zimmermann,J] |
| 20926 | Hermeneutic knowledge is not objective, but embraces interpretations [Zimmermann,J] |
| 20927 | The hermeneutic circle is between the reader's self-understanding, and the world of the text [Zimmermann,J] |
| 20929 | Traditionally, God dictated the Torah to Moses, unlike the later biblical writings [Zimmermann,J] |
| 20933 | Natural law theorists fear that without morality, law could be based on efficiency [Zimmermann,J] |