البعد التأويلي لفكر ديلتاي

Abstract

The idea that a phenomenological sequence within German hermeneutic thought begins with Dilthey presupposes an acknowledgment of the central role played by hermeneutic issues in his thinking—at least during his later years. First articulated by Eduard Spranger before becoming the standard view, the thesis championed by the first generation of Dilthey’s students notably Misch and Bollnow distinguishes between an initial psychological period and a second, strictly hermeneutic one in the evolution of his thought. However, in light of recent work editing Dilthey’s manuscripts from the 1870s to the 1890s, it is precisely this thesis that has been called into question. Erwin Hufnagel, for instance, does not hesitate to describe the prevailing interpretation of Dilthey established by Misch and Bollnow as “far too superficial.” It is therefore necessary to revisit Dilthey’s project, given that the very meaning of his philosophy is at issue