Locating meaning

Question 1

What is a hermeneutical realist?

Answer 1

Things that exist that are mind independent… my car exists even though I do not think about it.
Hermeneutical realist, means that meaning is there before I come to the text. Hermeneutical realist means I try to find the meaning that is already in the text.

Question 2

what do we mean when we say the meaning is recoverable?

Answer 2

We believe that we can uncover what the author intended to convey… even though we are separated by years and years… not everything can understood, but we can still get the idea… think Lets go Brandon in 100 years.

Question 3

Christians have historically been committed to the idea that the meaning of a text lies in the author’s intended meaning. This implies two very controversial affirmations. (what two things)

Answer 3

Hermeneutical realist, and the meaning is recoverable