Schleiermacher’s Universal Hermeneutics and the Problematics of Rule-Following

Authors

  • Hafiz Syed Husain 1. Department of Philosophy, University of Karachi 2. Department of Mathematical Sciences, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Karachi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23756/sp.v6i1.408

Keywords:

Rule-Following, Universal Hermeneutics, Schleiermacher

Abstract

This paper investigates how Schleiermacher’s universal hermeneutics can be considered as a better alternative to both, German rationalist aesthetics as pioneered by Christian Wolff, and Kant’s transcendental idealism, to the extent of overcoming the problematics of rule-following. A general account of the necessity of a universal hermeneutics and its meaning from historical practices of exegeses is given. This is then followed by the account of rule-following in the tradition of both German rationalist aesthetics and Kant’s transcendental idealism with latter as expounded in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. The investigation is comparative and descriptive. The purpose of this study is to discuss the hermeneutic possibilities in research methodologies for human sciences.

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Author Biography

  • Hafiz Syed Husain, 1. Department of Philosophy, University of Karachi 2. Department of Mathematical Sciences, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Karachi

    I am a research scholar at department of philosophy, university of Karachi since 2012. I am also a lecturer in department of mathematical sciences, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Karachi.

    My Research Interests: 

    In Philosophy: Phenomenology and Hermeneutics; Philosophy of Mathematics

    In Mathematics:  Algebraic Geometry

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Published

2018-06-30

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2018)

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Volume 6 Issue 1 2018

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