From phenomenology to hermeneutics (and return). The co-institution of conscience of time

Abstract

The program of this study is to clarify the inheritance of philosophical hermeneutics that H.-G. Gadamer received from the phenomenological theory of time consciousness; inheritance that Gadamer himself acknowledges when he says “a clear line that leads from the passive synthesis concept and theory of intentionality anonymously to the hermeneutical experience [...]” [GW 2, 16]. From the explanation of some general and best-known contributions of phenomenology to Gadamer’s proposal (section I), we will develop the issues of consciousness theory, which constitute a silent contribution to their thinking (section II). Finally, we will outline some possible additions to hermeneutic phenomenological theory developed by Husserl (section III).