Hermeneutics: Quotes Quiz
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Hermeneutics? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Schleiermacher wrote that hermeneutics and rhetoric are “intimately related.” What was he getting at?
You have to argue for your interpretation
Every act of understanding is the reverse side of an act of speaking
They’re married in the Greek Pantheon
He wanted to separate textual interpretation from authorial intent
Q. What was Dilthey’s term for “rule-guided understanding of fixed and relatively permanent objectifications of life”?
Interpretation
Tradition
Psychic life
Boring
Q. On what did Heidegger say the fore-structures of thought ought to be based?
Fads
Golf
The Hermeneutic Circle
The things themselves
Q. Why does Gadamer say that reading is a productive activity?
You learn stuff
It’s invigorating
The meaning of the text goes beyond its author
It sometimes leads to Hollywood productions
Q. What did Ricoeur mean by saying there’s more than one way to construe a text?
There’s more than one way to eat an Oreo
All interpretations are equal
No one has a right interpretation
A text can have multiple valid interpretations