Metaphor and interpretation theories: Research on some reductionist consequences from the hermeneutical stating of Paul Ricoeur

Abstract

Starting from a general consideration about the role of the hermeneutic it is afirmed that its central problem is to interpretate the written texts. This obvious fact implies a demarcation of two complementary issues, to which Paul Ricoeur pays special attention: A) the fiel of application of the interpretative activity; and b) its epistemologic spec ificity. The fact that the problem of interpretation is related with other written works suposes a triple authonomy worthy to be considered: the intentions of the author, the situation of production of the work and the original reader. This authonomy reveals that the situation of interpretation of written texts aquires a rank of specificity which cannot stablish an analogy with the situation of talking and, then, rank that cannot be analized from it.