At 8:44 AM -0500 4/28/01, Nate Schmolze wrote:
>Phil, Judy,
>
>I agree with both of you. I agree that we cannot comprehend
>without the process of interpretation, but then the opposite is
>not necessarily true. We may interpret of given situation
>without comprehending all it entails.
May I encourage all of you stuck with this question to look at the
approach proposed by Ricoeur (1991), who sets understanding and
explanation in a dialectical relationship. Explanation is derived
through critical hermeneutical analysis, but understanding precedes
and envelops explanation. Explanation, however, is required to
develop understanding...
Ric¦ur, P. (1991). From text to action: Essays in hermeneutics, II.
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press.
I think that his dialectical approach fits nicely with those who find
that dialectical reasoning has advantages over classical logic.
Nice weekend,
Michael
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