Hermeneutics: Interpretations from Nietzsche, Heidegger, Gadamer and Ricoeur

Abstract

This essay is based on making a dissertation on hermeneutics, taken its original basis from the thought of Nietzsche, Heidegger, Gadamer and Ricoeur, in which thick philosophical ideas are revealed that allow the reader to appropriate the positions that cemented in these thinkers the genesis of hermeneutics, becoming this in a point of reference and relevance that marks the beginning of an era of knowledge. It stands out in this way that contemporary hermeneutics has in Nietzsche and Heidegger its most legitimate founders, they have traced the paths of its walk, and are the point of reference of the different hermeneutics. Hence, hermeneutic activity makes possible the process of acquiring knowledge and interpretation, so it constitutes the basis of a critical and reflective personality; Consequently, it gives the individual the ability to perceive "literally" reality in order to implement the changes he considers necessary for individual and collective well-being.