Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 22:35:41 +0100
From: Henk van Tuijl <Henk.van.Tuijl-AT-net.HCC.nl>
Subject: Re: estimation and thinking


Allen Scult wrote:
> I'm tempted here to relate this notion which we might call "hermeneutical
> over-estimation" (a somewhat care-less term I admit) to Nietzsche's will to
> power as a very risky re-valuing, over-turning of the traditional way of
> understanding things.  Might one way of making this move be to
> over-estimate a text and thereby re-cover something of its orginal sense of
> the question?

Fraentzki probably does overestimate the question concerning 
being in the "hermeneutical" sense. At the same time, he does 
not just "over-estimate" but also justiifies its importance 
- within the context of his book, i.e. a re-thinking of the
main Heideggerian themes.
He seems to over-estimate his subject in a non-hermeneutical 
sense when he criticizes Habermas and Gadamer because they 
don't fit into this context (don't think within the 
Heideggerian tradition).

"Hermeneutical over-estimation" seems to legitimate a liberal 
attitude towards a "text". 

Kindest regards,
Henk



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