政治哲學的詮釋學轉向：由李查•羅逖論詮釋政治哲學的意涵

Richard Rorty and the Interpretive Political Philosophy: Some Discussions on the Hermeneutic Turn in Political Philosophy

魏中平(Chung-Ping Wei)

《台灣政治學刊》 14卷2期 (2010/12) Pp. 37-76

https://doi.org/10.6683/TPSR.201012.14(2).37-76

摘要

本文主要目的在於透過對美國著名哲學家李查•羅逖詮釋學觀點的檢討與所謂「詮釋政治哲學」的討論，顯示當代詮釋學理論對政治哲學研究所發揮的作用與影響。其中特別是來自於德國詮釋學大師高達美的「對話」與「教化」此兩個概念，對於社會與政治基本價值問題爭議的討論與解決具有相當正面意義。而這兩個概念，經過羅逖與提出「詮釋政治哲學」觀點的汪克這兩位哲學家的轉化，各自在其理論中，扮演著解決或定位基本價值爭議問題的重要角色。當然，這樣一種從詮釋學的角度來重新檢視傳統政治哲學任務或爭議的觀點，依然只略具雛形，而且同樣遭遇了傳統上，詮釋學應用於實際問題處理時所需面對的標準選擇的問題與質疑。但此種觀點的轉變至少提供了一種政治哲學研究的新方向，一種更符合當代哲學語言與詮釋學轉向的思潮脈絡，讓政治哲學能融入更新的元素，這也是所有學科能在時間洪流中，不斷保持自身生存的方法。

關鍵字

詮釋學 ； 對話 ； 李查•羅逖 ； 詮釋政治哲學

並列摘要

This article intends to provide a selected but cogent depiction of how theories of contemporary hermeneutics have influenced research in political philosophy based on a critical scrutiny of Richard Rorty's hermeneutic theory and a discussion of the new-developing ”interpretive political philosophy,” put forth by another American philosopher Georgia Warnke. Two important concepts, ”Conversation” and ”Bildung”, borrowed from German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer, play pivotal roles in Rorty's and Warnke's respective hermeneutic versions when they discuss how to deal with society's controversy over its basic primary values and goods. This new hermeneutic approach to political philosophy is apparently only in its beginning stages and must both face and try to wrestle with some traditionally important hermeneutical problems on its road to maturity, as, for example, in the questioning of relativism and the criteria for adequacy. However, to the best of our belief, to learn and incessantly mix new elements from other approaches is one way for any discipline to survive as its faces various challenges over time.

並列關鍵字

hermeneutics ； conversation ； Richard Rorty ； interpretive political philosophy

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