國立臺灣大學哲學論評

Abstract /

The concept of hermeneutic circle appears in the works of Schleierrmacher, Heidegger and Gadamer. In this essay I argue that although Heidegger, in Being and Time, thinks that his concept of hermeneutic circle belongs to the structure of understanding, it still possesses a characteristic of Schleiermacher`s hermeneutic circle, namely, both of them are methodological concepts. However, although Gadamer claims that his concept of hermeneutic circle is developed out of Heidegger`s philosophy, I show that it is no longer a methodological concept, but is the happening of truth.