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The Universality of the Hermeneutical Problem
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The Universality of the Hermeneutical Problem considers the conditions of understanding. Its account connects interpretation with inherited assumptions that an encounter can change.
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Guided course · Module 11 · Lesson 67
Understanding is not reading without assumptions
Gadamer’s hermeneutic circle moves between part and whole, and between a text and its reader’s assumptions. A changing interpretation shows how a text can correct what a reader brings to it.