Instincts into sacred cows
Are hermeneutical universals reducible to agreement? Reply to Friedman
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7276285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ingrid Harris (McMaster University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 113-136 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-3811 • E-ISSN: 1933-8007 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08913819408443328 |
| OpenAlex | W2013722528 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Jeffrey Friedman's claim that arbitrariness is the inevitable result of the rejection of objectivist notions of truth misses its mark because it is based on a sense of “agreement” that is radically at odds with the concept of agreement at work in hermeneutical practice. The rationalist notion of truth Friedman upholds cannot escape the need for agreement any more than the hermeneutical notion; the central distinction between the two senses of “agreement” is the distinction between coercion and consent. Hermeneutical practice integrally links the rational procedure and universalizing consent, which together constitute a rigorous existential standard that challenges any rationalist discipline
Agreement · Arbitrariness · Coercion (linguistics · Epistemology · Existentialism · Instinct · Linguistics · Objectivism · Problem of universals · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 1994 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |