File spoon-archives/bhaskar.archive/bhaskar_2004/bhaskar.0403, message 25


From: Andrew Potter <mymail-AT-andypotter.org>
Subject: Re: BHA: CR & Theological Hermeneutics
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:03:06 +0100


Hello Brad,

Thanks for your response.  

I'm writing a paper doing an analysis of the Hermeneutical Spiral from Grant 
Osborne.  A central element of his Hermeneutics is CR.  I've never heard of 
CR before and that's the reason I asked the question.

Osbornes Method differs from much modern Hermeneutics in that he assumes that 
one is able to discern what an author originally intended to say in a text.  
He says that one does not neccessarily grasp the meaning of a text accurately 
at first.  However, through further methodological working with the Text one 
can in an iterative manner improve the understanding of the original meaning. 

This is where CR comes into play.  Osborne has a section entitled 
"Verification or Validation of Theological Assertions" in which he says CR is 
the basis of his thinking and then he lists several criteria (coherance, 
comprehensiveness, adequacy and consistency) as a means of determing 
"correctness".

Is any of this familiar to you?  I need a concise and authoritative definition 
of CR and the above listed criteria.  Do you know where I can get that?  
Osborne also mentions a couple of other names (Paul Hiebert and Wentzel van 
Huyssteen).  Do either of these ring a bell woth you?

Thanks for any help you can give.

Greetings,
Andy


On Sun March 14 2004 22:50, Brad Shipway wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> I am interested in the same thing. I have just finished some work on
> connections/divergencies between (D)CR and theological Critical Realism
> (ThCR) (a la McGrath, Oxford). Contact me off list (bshipway-AT-scu.edu.au) if
> you want.
>
> Regards,
> Brad.
>
> On 13/3/04 1:57 AM, "Andrew Potter" <mymail-AT-andypotter.org> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm looking for a concise(less than 10 pages) definition (Print or
> > Internet) of "Critical
> > Realism".  I am intersted in it's relationship to theological
> > hermeneutics.
> >
> > Can someone point me in the right direction.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Andrew Potter
> >
> >
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