GROUP 4 PRESENTATION

Emilou Tejera
Leonardo Madrigal
Tequila Felize Villanueva
Erica Apostol
Hermeneutics and Phenomenology are two
different disciplines with their own distinct
aims.
 The methodology of interpretation, usually
related to biblical and philosophical texts.
 Was derived from the Greek word hermeneu
meaning to “translate/Interpret”.
 In the study of literary texts, students frequently adhere to a set
of rules or a specific system on which to base their
interpretation.
 Similarly, the interpretation of non-literary texts, such as art or
philosophy, may also require adherence to such a method.
 the specific rules used to interpret and understand a text are
known collectively as hermeneutics.
 In ancient Greek mythology, the god Hermes served to interpret
messages from the other gods. Like Hermes’ name, the term
hermeneutics comes from the Greek word for ‘interpreter’.
 The concept of utilizing a system to interpret texts was first noted in
early writings by Aristotle.
 A philosophical study of the structures of
experience and consciousness.
 A unique way to understand human existence.
 Was derived from the Greek word phainomenon,
meaning to “see phenomenon, and Logia meaning
“the study of”.
 An interdisciplinary attitude that adapts from other
disciplines.
 A qualitative research methodology that arose out
of and remains closely tied to phenomenological
philosophy.
 He focused on ‘Dasein‘, that is
translated as ‘the mode of
being human’ or ‘the situated
meaning of a human in the
world’.
 Heidegger viewed humans as
being primarily concerned
creatures with an emphasis on
their fate in an alien world.
 Consciousness is not separate
from the world, in
Heidegger view, but is a
formation of historically lived
experience. He believed that
understanding is a basic form
of human existence in that
understanding, is not a way we
know the world, but rather the
way we are.
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DISAGREED
Martin Heidegger Edmund Husserl
 He began his career in Theology.  He began his career in
Science.
 Focused on ‘Dasein‘, that is
translated as ‘the mode of being  Focused on understanding
human’ or ‘the situated meaning of beings or phenomena.
a human in the world’.  He was interested in acts of
 Heidegger, in contrast, viewed attending, perceiving,
humans as being primarily recalling, and thinking about
concerned creatures with an the world and human beings
emphasis on their fate in an alien were understood primarily as
world. knowers.
 Hans-Georg Gadamer
 Paul Ricoeur
 He was influenced by the
work of both Husserl and
Heidegger and moved to
extend Heidegger's work into
practical application.
 Gadamer saw the work of
hermeneutics not as
developing a procedure of
understanding, but to clarify
further the conditions in
which understanding itself
takes place: “Hermeneutics
must start from the position
that a person seeking to
understand something has a
bond to the subject matter
that comes into language
through the traditionary text
and has, or acquires, a
connection with the tradition
from which it speaks” .
 In agreement with Heidegger's view that language and understanding
are inseparable structural aspects of human ‘being-in-the world,’
Gadamer stated “Language is the universal medium in which
understanding occurs. Understanding occurs in interpreting”.
Gadamer viewed interpretation as a fusion of horizons, a dialectical
interaction between the expectation of the interpreter and the
meaning of the text.
 Gadamer believed that understanding and interpretation are bound
together and interpretation is always an evolving process, thus a
definitive interpretation is likely never possible.
 Gadamer was not opposed to use of methods to increase our level of
understanding and to overcome limited perspectives, he was
emphatic in his stand that methods are not totally objective, separate
or value free from the user. He viewed bracketing not only as
impossible, but attempts to do so manifestly absurd.
 During the 1934-1935 academic
year in Paris, Ricoeur came into
contact with Husserl' s work and
joined the circle of the followers of
Gabriel Marcel.
 The joint influence of
phenomenology and the
philosophy of existence deepened
during the long years that he spent
as prisoner of war in Germany,
during World War II. In this period,
Ricoeur engaged in a in-depth
study of Jaspers, along with his
friend and co-prisoner Mikel
Dufrenne, and prepared the French
translation of Ideas I.
 Hermeneutics and Phenomenology
in Paul Ricoeur: Between Text and
Phenomenon calls attention to the
dynamic interaction that takes
place between hermeneutics and
phenomenology in Ricoeur’s
thought.
Is a name for various methods of analysis, which
are based on interpreting. The strategy forms an
opposite to those research strategies which stress
objectivity and independence of interpretations in
the formations in formation of knowledge.
Enables you to make interpretations and gain an in-
depth understanding of the researched
phenomenon. Hermeneutic research emphasizes
subjective interpretations in the research of
meanings of texts, art, culture, social phenomena
and thinking.
Phenomenological analysis is based on discussions and
reflections of direct sense perception and experiences of the
researched phenomenon. A starting point of the strategy is your
ability to approach a project without a priori assumptions,
definitions or theoretical frameworks. A key aspect of this method
of analysis is phenomenological reduction.
Phenomenological research enables you to explore
experiences and sensory perception (different abstract
perceptions) of researched phenomenon, and the formation of
understanding based on these experiences and perceptions.
Your research strategy is based, therefore, on either your own
or other people’s experiences and sensory perceptions.