Hermeneutics: Central Texts 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. In which text did Ricoeur apply hermeneutics to ethics and politics?
The Declaration of Independence
Truth and Method
The Conflict of Interpretations
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Q. Why did Dilthey want the human sciences to have a respectable scientific methodology?
So the human sciences could be intelligible
So the human scientists could get dates
So the human sciences could have objectivity
So the human sciences would be taught
Q. What book is traditionally held to be the classic overview of philosophical hermeneutics?
Being and Time
Being and Nothingness
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Truth and Method
Q. What in the play Hamlet appeals to hermeneutics?
Ambiguity
Swordplay
Poison
Incest
Q. Which text would help you understand the symbolism of names in Moby-Dick?
Truth and Method
The Bible
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Idiot’s Guide to Whaling