Hermeneutics Flashcards
Exegesis
to interpret (the act)
Hermeneutics
the theoretical examination of understanding and interpretations (the field of study)
Hermeneutic approaches
Essentionalist…looking for the one true meaning
Pragmatic …each interpretation calls for a redefinition of reading
Mixed…the interpretation depends on the intrepreture
Verstenhen
to understand…an attempt to identify with the author, to look at the text from the authors point of view
Sein
to be….being the individual
Seinde
the they the beings the group or the other
Dasein
the quality of existence, being-there…specific to humans, conscious of their mortality, and identity
Da seinde
the person or thing which has the quality of existence
Being towards death
trying to make out the meaning of our own death, to learn how to die
Heidegger..inauthentic life
to conform to become the other the they
Care
being in the world ..having to do with something, producing something, to look after something,caring for the being
Thrownness The Past
we are in the world, the awareness that we find ourselves somewhere, a place we share with others
Projection The Future
To throw off the thrown condition this is projection, when the being does something
Fallenness The Present
to fall from the authentic to become part of the other
Dwelling
being in the world, to dwell in a place which you belong
