Paul Ricoeur

2018 ◽  
pp. 71-79
Author(s):  
René Rosfort
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Human Identity ◽  
The Core ◽  
Hermeneutical Phenomenology ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Influential Theory ◽  
Principal Contribution

Paul Ricoeur belongs to the first generation of French phenomenology, and his principal contribution to the phenomenological tradition is to be found in his development of a hermeneutical phenomenology. Ricoeur’s work spans more than half a century and is shaped by his conviction that philosophy is first and foremost to create a dialogue between various fields of knowledge. He considers phenomenology a necessary, but not sufficient theory to make sense of human life. In fact, Ricoeur’s turn to hermeneutics in the beginning of his career is an attempt to make sense of the complexity of human identity. We experience ourselves are autonomous creatures, and yet we constantly find ourselves restricted by various kinds of heteronomous factors (e.g. biological, cultural, ethical). This dialectics of autonomy and passivity constitutive of human identity is at the core of Ricoeur’s hermeneutical phenomenology, and in particular of his influential theory of narrative identity.

RAZÃO E EXPERIÊNCIA NO CAMPO DA RELIGIÃO

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (100) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Olga Sodré
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Science And Religion ◽  
Phenomenological Method ◽  
Hermeneutical Phenomenology ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
Critical Revision ◽  
The Relationship

Este trabalho ressalta a relação entre a razão e a experiência no campo de estudo da religião, mostrando suas transformações no contexto do desenvolvimento da filosofia da religião e dos paradigmas da razão. Aponta para a atual crítica à hegemonia da razão e o interesse crescente pelas demais dimensões do psiquismo, em particular através do desenvolvimento do método fenomenológico e de sua abordagem da experiência. Apresenta a renovação da atual fenomenologia francesa, que permite não apenas a revisão crítica do  racionalismo e do positivismo, como também a possibilidade de repensar a relação entre ciência, filosofia e religião. Focaliza os avanços da filosofia reflexiva de Jean Nabert e a contribuição da fenomenologia hermenêutica de Paul Ricoeur para uma nova concepção da filosofia da religião e da alteridade religiosa.Abstract: This work underlines the relationship between reason and experience in the field of religion studies, showing its transformations within the development of the philosophy of religion and the paradigms of reason. It points towards the current criticism concerning the hegemony of reason and towards the growing interest for other psychical dimensions, particularly through the development of the phenomenological method and its approach to experience This article also presents the current renewal of French phenomenology that allows not only the critical revision of rationalism and positivism, but also the possibility to rethink the relationship between philosophy, science and religion. It focuses on the advancements of Jean Nabert’s philosophy and on the contributions of Ricoeur’s hermeneutical phenomenology, leading to a new conception of the philosophy of religion and of religious otherness. 

scholarly journals Who is the other?

1970 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-190
Author(s):  
Marek Drwięga
Keyword(s):  
Emmanuel Levinas ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Religious Attitude ◽  
The Core ◽  
Ethical Discussion ◽  
Paul Ricœur

This paper deals with the problem of what otherness consists in, and what its foundation is, within the I–Other relation. In this way, the study also explores the limits of ethics and of a quasi-religious attitude, in order to establish what is required to shape interpersonal relations in a non-violent way, when faced with the radical otherness of another human being. Such an investigation also intersects with a broader ethical discussion that aims to take account of glorious or heroic acts, focused on the issue of supererogation. The aim of the present study is to demonstrate the degree to which a neglect of reciprocity and justice in the context of such philosophical research constitutes a risky step. To this end, the main aspects of the debate between Emmanuel Levinas and Paul Ricœur are introduced. After examining the position of Levinas, and how Ricœur interprets the I–Other relation in Levinas, an attempt is made to assess whether the latter’s line of criticism is pertinent and helpful for attempts to arrive at the core of the disagreement between the two thinkers.

scholarly journals Hermeneutic reason as the “Art of understanding”

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 441-448
Author(s):  
Leszek Kleszcz ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Important Place ◽  
The World ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Hans Georg Gadamer

Originally, hermeneutics was the interpretation of important texts. In the 19th century, hermeneutics transformed into a science about the meaning and interpretation of all expressions. In the 20th century, Martin Heidegger radicalized hermeneutics, indicating that understanding (the essence of hermeneutics) is not a technical or intellectual operation, but a way of being. The central point of reference in the article is the hermeneutic philosophy of Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur. The central idea of Gadamer’s philosophy is understanding, which is connected with the so-called “rehabilitation of practical philosophy”. In such philosophy, the question concerning wisdom and thinking about the best possible way of life occupies an important place. Gadamer in his philosophy indicated the conditions of understanding. One of the main elements of his concept is hermeneutic experience, a negative experience, meaning awareness of the finite nature of all understanding. Complementation of Gadamer’s concept could be the hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur. He believed that there is not a correct method of interpretation and the best way to understand is the “conflict of hermeneutics”. Ricoeure discerned two forms of hermeneutics: “hermeneutics of trust” and “hermeneutics of suspicion”. The idea of hermeneutics is developed as an art of understanding, indicating the conditions and possibilities of interpreting texts, symbols and metaphors. An interesting addition to the philosophy of Gadamer and Ricoeur is Hans Blumenberg’s concept of metaphorology. He identified three basic positions of metaphors and the functions they perform: traditional, understanding a metaphor as inaccurate; pre-conceptual speech; and the unavoidable and irreplaceable nature of a metaphor. Under this concept lies the science of images through which man grasps himself and the world. Blumenberg explored the functions of various metaphors depicting truth (light, nudity), human life (sea travel, hiking, climbing) or the world (clock, machine, organism). Absolute metaphors, in addition to presenting the picture of the whole of reality, also play the role of orienting patterns, directing action. They contain certain value systems that determine attitudes, expectations, longings, interests, and indicate important or indifferent things or spheres, incline to certain actions or omissions.

scholarly journals El mal sufrido como vía de acceso a la trascendencia: una revisión del problema del mal en Paul Ricoeur. Suffered Evil as a Path to Transcendence: a Review of the Problem of Evil in Paul Ricoeur

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Pablo Martínez Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Moral Evil ◽  
Problem Of Evil ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
The Problem Of Evil ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One

A lo largo de la historia de la filosofía, el problema del mal ha sido enfocado o desde un punto de vista moralizante o desde un punto de vista metafísico, que difícilmente puede dar respuesta a la pregunta por el origen del mal radical en el hombre. Partiendo de la distinción entre mal sufrido y mal cometido o mal moral —que establece Paul Ricoeur—, se tratará de mostrar que el mal sufrido realmente no es un mal. Por su parte, la experiencia genuina del mal sufrido que se concreta en la pregunta al aire del justo sufriente nos permitirá, por un lado, deslindar las concepciones de sufrimiento y mal mediante el uso del concepto dolor, y por otro lado, una revisión antropológica del problema del mal, que cuadra perfectamente con la línea de propuesta de Paul Ricoeur, cuya teoría acerca de la experiencia del mal será comentada y ampliada desde un antropología trascendental, no desde una metafísica, ni desde la perspectiva simbólica de Ricoeur.Throughout the history of philosophy the problem of evil has been examined either from a moral or a metaphysical point of view, neither of which can answer the question of the radical origin of evil in human life. By distinguishing between suffered evil and committed or moral evil —a distinction that Paul Ricoeur established— we will try to show that suffered evil is not really an evil. On the one hand, the genuine experience of suffered evil, which takes form in the questions of the just man who suffers, will allow us to make a distinction between suffering and evil through the concept of pain. On the other hand, it will also help us to conduct an anthropologic review of the problem of evil. This approach fits perfectly with Paul Ricoeur’s line of thought, since his theory about the experience of evil will be studied and delved into through a transcendental anthropology, not from a metaphysical approach, and not from Ricoeur’s symbolic perspective.

Narrative and ‘the Task’ of Subjectivity

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Niamh Brennan
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Identity ◽  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Human Identity ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
Thomas Berry ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

Abstract This paper examines the relationship between narrative and subjectivity. It begins by examining the subject in the work of Paul Ricoeur and Thomas Berry and the way in which the task of subjectivity for both thinkers is related to narrative. Although occupying different disciplines, both men share a commitment to narrative. Ricoeur in his formation of narrative identity and the unity that this provides to a life, and Berry in his use of narrative in proposing a new human identity. Through an examination of Ricoeur and Berry’s approach to narrative, specifically in how it contributes to the development of subjectivity, this paper suggests that such an approach has validity as a method in addressing the ecological crisis.

PAUL RICOEUR E A REFIGURAÇÃO DA VIDA DIANTE DO MUNDO DO TEXTO

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (124) ◽  
pp. 259
Author(s):  
Walter Salles
Keyword(s):  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
The Self ◽  
Philosophical Hermeneutics ◽  
Human Identity ◽  
Ongoing Process ◽  
The World ◽  
Paul Ricœur

O objetivo deste artigo é mostrar a ideia da hermenêutica de si diante do espelho das palavras como um caminho privilegiado para se conceber a refiguração da vida. O percurso aqui traçado conduz ao entrecruzamento entre a mimese textual e o mundo do texto tal como é desenvolvido na hermenêutica filosófica de Paul Ricoeur. Procura-se destacar de modo especial a dimensão linguística e interpretativa da identidade humana, entendida como um processo ininterrupto de construção de si mesmo.Abstract: The aim of this paper is to show the idea of hermeneutics of the self in the mirror of the text as a privileged way of conceiving the refiguring of life. The path traced here leads to the intersection between the textual mimesis and the world of the text as developed in Paul Ricoeur’s philosophical hermeneutics. It particularly seeks to highlight the linguistic and interpretive dimensions of human identity, understood as an ongoing process of self-construction.

scholarly journals Parabolic Life: Toward an Ethics of God’s Apocalypse

2021 ◽  
pp. 095394682110313
Author(s):  
Philip G. Ziegler
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Moral Life ◽  
Moral Action ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Christian Life ◽  
Paul Ricœur

Christian ethicist Nancy Duff has suggested that an apocalyptic hearing of the gospel elicits a parabolic understanding of the Christian moral life. How might the theological basis and rationale of this claim be elaborated? What is it about human life funded by the gospel of God’s apocalypse in Jesus Christ that makes ‘parable’ an apt description of the quality of its action? And how might these notions be elaborated to enrich our understanding of responsible moral action more generally? This article explores these questions by way of a running conversation with the work of J. Louis Martyn, Christopher Morse and Paul Ricoeur. It concludes by showing the salience of these themes in relation to Bonhoeffer’s later reflections upon the distinctive quality of Christian life in the wreckage of Christendom. Overall, the solid currency of a parabolic construal of the character of Christian moral action for the present pursuit of theological ethics is recommended.

Literature and the Philosophy of Paul Ricœur

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 203-210
Author(s):  
Valdés Mario J.
Keyword(s):  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Paul Ricœur
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