HERMENEUTICAL

PHENOMENOLOGY
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The term came from the two

philosophical ideas, Hermeneutics
and Phenomenology.

Hermeneutics comes from the Greek

word hermeneuein which means to
interpret or from the word hermeneia
which means interpretation.

Phenomenology is the study of the development

of human consciousness and self-awareness as a
preface to or a part of philosophy.
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Hermeneutics is a wider discipline that

study written, verbal, and nonverbal
communication.
In earlier days: interpret scriptures
In modern days: Cover both verbal and
nonverbal communication (semiotics,
presuppositions, and pre-understanding)

Hermeneutics is a theory, methodology and praxis

of interpretation that is geared towards the
recapturing of meaning of a text, or a text
analogue, that is temporally or culturally distant, or
obscured by ideology and false consciousness.
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Interpreting

Reflective Writing

Reading
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Historical Background
Geographical Background
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Author’s Writings
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Target Text

Hermeneutic Circle explains how a certain idea undergoes process of

interpretations.
 According to Demetrio III, Hermeneutics has three different
layers of meanings and concerns:

1. It is a theory which is concerned with the epistemological validity

and possibility of interpretation.

2. It is methodology which is concerned with the formulation of

reliable systems of interpretation.

3. It is a praxis which is concerned with the actual process of

interpreting specific text.
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The Person is Person

HERMENEUTIC creates a
a part of the SYSTEM
world and so theory about
the world

Theory
 Structure of the
Hermeneutic Conception of Conception of
Goal Hermeneutic
System the Subject the Object
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Romanticist Cartesian Realist but Truth as Emanates from

Hermeneutics incomplete authorial the subject
without the intention through the
temporal and text via the
cultural contexts
context
Phenomenolo Cartesian Realist and Truth as the Emanates from
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Hermeneutics

Dialectical Heideggeria/E Contains as Consensus as Circular

Hermeneutics xistential infinity of existential
meanings meaning
Critical Cartesian Wraped by Ideologically Emanates
Hermeneutics ideology and purified truth from the
power subject and
penetrates
deep into the
linguistic
fabric of the
text
Postructural Decentered Wraped by Ideologically Combination
Hermeneutics but wavers ideology and purified truth of the
between power and and meaning Romaticist,
Cartesian contains an of the here Phenomenol
and infinity of and now ogical,
Existential meanings Dialectical
and Critical
arrows
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Hans Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur are the

first people who studied Hermeneutic
Phenomenology.

For Gadmer, he gave emphasis on the meaning

and role of language in the process of giving
meaning into an idea. His focus is more on the
phenomenology of human conversation.

Ricoeur’s examines how human meanings

are deposited and mediated through
myth, religion, art and language.
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We are trapped in a world that is already full

of meaning – with its other people, its
histories and cultures, and its events --, even
before any attempt on our part to
understand it or explain it.

It describes phenomena as they appear in

everyday life before they have been theorized,
interpreted, explained, and otherwise abstracted,
while recognizing that any attempt to do this is
tentative, contingent, and never complete.
 Strengths Weaknesses
• It direct attention to the interval • Vagueness of the method, too
world of human experience much use of abstraction to explain
• Recognizes the power of individual • Lacks clarity or sacrifices clarity to
interpretation achieve a good grasp of some
• Looks into the value of textual important topics
meaning and dialogues • The external world of nature can
• Reflection tries to move between be discussed with great precision
the interval and external worlds but the risks minimizing or even
overlooking the importance of the
human world, even to the point of
denying that there is an internal
world of self-consciousness.
• Heavy reliance or dependency on
a hermeneutical circle