The Role of History in Hermeneutic Philosophy: Gianni Vattimo and Charles Taylor

This paper seeks to approach the role that History plays in the hermeneutical philosophical tradition, both as a reality and as knowledge. To that end, it engages the theories of two contemporary exponents of said tradition: Gianni Vattimo and Charles Taylor. Starting from a synthetic exposition of...

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Autor: Saiz, Mauro Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/79487
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmcpys/article/view/79487
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Vattimo
Taylor
historia
hermenéutica
Modernidad
hermeneutics
history
Modernity
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Sumario:This paper seeks to approach the role that History plays in the hermeneutical philosophical tradition, both as a reality and as knowledge. To that end, it engages the theories of two contemporary exponents of said tradition: Gianni Vattimo and Charles Taylor. Starting from a synthetic exposition of their theoretical proposals, both on an epistemological level and regarding their interpretation of the contemporary age, it intends to identify coincidences and disagreements between both theoretical models. Then, through a critical comparison, each theory's weaknesses and potential contradictions are brought to light. In the conclusive remarks, it seeks to defend the superiority of Taylor’s approach to historical knowledge since it more consistently respects the plurality of interpretations of processes and events while also leaving open the possibility of moral and political normative evaluations.