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The hermeneutic cycle originated in ancient Greece and was conceptualized in the early 19th century as a vicious cycle. Schleiermacher and Dilthey believed that it needed to be overcome, Heidegger believed it was inevitable, and Gadamer deepened its ontological significance and widely applied it to multiple disciplines.

review

The concept of the hermeneutic cycle originated from ancient Western thought and rhetoric. Plato and Aristotle discussed text structure and rhetorical issues, while medieval theologian Melanchthon's understanding of the whole and the part influenced the development of the hermeneutic cycle. Historian Claudius focuses on the understanding of historical texts, involving the relationship between authors, texts, and comprehension. Astor and Burke discussed the relationship between the whole and the part, which had an impact on Schleiermacher and made the hermeneutic cycle the core concept of modern hermeneutics.

The ongoing debate on the cycle of hermeneutics

Deeply explored the ongoing debate on the cycle of hermeneutics after the publication of Truth and Method. Hirsch, G ü l, and Beatty's modern methodological hermeneutics, Lick's phenomenology of hermeneutics, Habermas' critical hermeneutics, and Derrida's deconstructive philosophy all offer different perspectives on the issue of hermeneutic cycles. Hirsch believed that the meaning of a text is the meaning that the author intends to express, and proposed four criteria for the effectiveness of interpretation, including legality, relevance, type, and credibility or coherence criteria, to prove that the meaning of the text is the meaning that the author intends to convey. Betty solves the hermeneutic cycle problem through the objectivity of understanding, believing that the meaning of a text is the objectification of the author's mind. Gul's circular understanding is similar to Hirsch's, emphasizing that the author's intention determines the coherence of the text. Liko's hermeneutic cycle description is more complex, proposing the concept of "hermeneutic arc", emphasizing the explanation of text structure, and distinguishing between methodological hermeneutics and ontological hermeneutics. Habermas agrees that all understanding starts from the pre understanding, but believes that Gadamer's hermeneutics lacks reflective critical power and proposes a reflective rational critical method. Derrida's deconstructive philosophy questioned the hermeneutic assumption of textual coherence and criticized Gadamer's concept of the expectation of completeness or "good will". These different perspectives and debates reflect the complexity and multidimensionality of the hermeneutic cycle issue.

conclusion

Reviewing the development process of the hermeneutic cycle from the early 19th century to the present, it is pointed out that it has become a fundamental and controversial concept in hermeneutic theory. The hermeneutic cycle is widely applied in the fields of humanities and social sciences such as literature, history, and philosophy. Theorists from different historical stages, such as Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Heidegger, Gadamer, etc., have different understandings of the hermeneutic cycle, exploring it from methodology to ontology. Contemporary hermeneutics presents a diversity of debates on the cycle, including different perspectives from scholars such as Liko, Hirsch, Beatty, G ü l, Habermas, and Derrida. It emphasizes that different theorists have unique understandings of cycles based on their respective hermeneutic situations and theoretical tendencies. It is believed that as long as human understanding activities exist, the cycle of hermeneutics is inevitable, and it is called for to adopt a historical and contextualized perspective of hermeneutics to enter the cycle of understanding in the correct way.