Dialogue in Philosophical Hermeneutics

It is well known that the concept of dialogue plays an indispensable role in Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics. That is, philosophical hermeneutics is usually characterized by a dialogical structure of interpretation wherein the status of the text is elevated to a personified 〞thou〞 with whom the interpreter is engaged in a conversation. The first half of this work is an investigation of the notion of dialogue in terms of its connection with classical philosophy and Gadamer's critique of methodology in the natural sciences. Yet, from the deconstructive perspective, a tinge of phonocentricism is unmistakable in Gadamer because of his constant emphasis on 〞dialogue.〞 On the other hand, Ricoeur, holding an entirely different perspective toward the dialectic between speaking and writing, also voices his doubt about Gadamer's dialogical model. Thus, beginning with Ricoeur and Derrida, the second half will focus on the validity as well as the limits of the dialogical model.

關鍵字

Gadamer ； dialogue ； hermeneutics ； Derrida ； Ricoeur

並列摘要

「對話」的觀念在高達美（Hans-Georg Gadamer）的詮釋學中佔有非常重要的位置。本文主要有兩個重點。首先探討對高達美而言「對話」觀念的成形事實上有多重面向的意義。換言之，除了在重新檢視詮釋學經驗與對自然科學方法論的批判兩方面多所關聯之外，「對話」的理念事實上也有其倫理學及知識論上的特殊意義。然而過分重視「對話」是否反而造成高達美哲學詮釋學思想體系中自我矛盾的產生？同時「對話」觀念的本身也令人聯想起德希達（Jacques Derrida）所謂的語音中心主義（phonocentricism）。因此本文第二部分將援引德希達此一方面的討論及里柯（Paul Ricoeur）間距化（distanciation）的觀念深入審視「對話」的概念。另一方面，由於將「對話」無限上綱化，高達美也可能陷入將此一概念變成僅僅是一個美麗隱喻的危險。