Table Of ContentGünter Figal
Translated by
Theodore D. George
Objectivity
The Hermeneutical
and Philosophy
Objectivity
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SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
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Dennis J. Schmidt, editor
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Objectivity
Th e Hermeneutical and Philosophy
Günter Figal
translated by
Th eodore D. George
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Figal, Günter, 1949–
[Gegenständlichkeit. English]
Objectivity : the hermeneutical and philosophy / Günter Figal ; translated by
Th eodore D. George.
p. cm. — (SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4384-3205-2 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Hermeneutics. 2. Objectivity. I. Title.
BD241.F4513 2010
121'.686—dc22 2009051694
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Th is translation is dedicated to the memory of James Soden,
intellectual, scholar, and devoted teacher of German literature
and language at Whitman College for more than forty years.
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Translator’s Introduction xi
Preface xxvii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1. From Philosophical Hermeneutics to
Hermeneutical Philosophy 5
§ 1. Th e Human Sciences as Problem 5
§ 2. Hermeneutics of Facticity 8
§ 3. Hermeneutics and Practical Philosophy 17
§ 4. Origin 24
§ 5. Models of Origin 29
§ 6. Moments of Origin 38
Chapter 2. Interpretation 49
§ 7. Carrying Over 49
§ 8. What Is To Be Interpreted 55
§ 9. Setting In 61
§ 10. Exterior Relations 66
§ 11. Presentative Recognizing 77
§ 12. Understanding 88
§ 13. Objectivity 107
Chapter 3. Th e World as Hermeneutical Space 121
§ 14. Phenomenology 121
§ 15. Space 129
§ 16. Th e Concept of World 146
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viii Contents
Chapter 4. Freedom 155
§ 17. Action 155
§ 18. Deliberation 161
§ 19. Freedom of Th ings 166
§ 20. Shared Freedom 174
§ 21. Free Contemplation 184
Chapter 5. Language 191
§ 22. Based on Speech 191
§ 23. An Individual Simple Sentence 198
§ 24. Signs 205
§ 25. Signifi cance 212
§ 26. Deconstruction of the Voice 226
§ 27. Positions 233
§ 28. Written Th ought 240
Chapter 6. Time 253
§ 29. Ubiquitous and With All Th ings 253
§ 30. Something Occurs 255
§ 31. Being in Time 268
§ 32. Time of Enactment 273
§ 33. Temporality 281
§ 34. Constellations of Meaning 292
Chapter 7. Life 299
§ 35. In Hermeneutical Space 299
§ 36. Lift ing Out and Folding 303
§ 37. Originariness 308
§ 38. Form of Life 316
§ 39. Body and the Body Quick 327
§ 40. Reason 333
§ 41. Structure of Life 337
§ 42. Lack and Fullness 344
Notes 349
Bibliography 403
Index of Names 421
Index of Subjects 425
Index of Greek Terms 441
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Acknowledgments
Th e translator would like to express his gratitude to Dennis Schmidt and John
McDermott for their encouragement, good counsel, and insightful recommen-
dations over the course of the project. Th e translator would also like to thank
Michael Steinmann, Constance Hauf, and Josh Hayes for their thoughtful sug-
gestions on draft s of the English version. Th is translation would not have been
possible without the support, patience, and critical acumen that Kristi Sweet
off ered each day to help see the project to completion. Th e translator is also
thankful for the generous support of the Goethe Institute, as well as the Ray
A. Rothrock ’77 Fellowship program, and the Glasscock Center for Humanities
Research at Texas A&M University.
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