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History and Hermeneutics

History and Hermeneutics
  • Paul Fairfield
  • Published online:
    06 June 2025
    Print publication:
    03 July 2025
  • Philosophical hermeneutics has shed a good deal of light both upon the methodological underpinnings of the humanities and social sciences generally and in particular upon some fundamental issues in the philosophy of history and history proper. The aim in this Element is to analyze those of its arguments that bear directly upon the latter fields. The principal topics taken up are Dilthey's distinction between understanding and explanation, the accent on meaning and experience, and the sense in which we may be said to belong to history. Heidegger's account of historicity and being-in-the-world, Gadamer's conceptions of historical understanding and belonging, and Ricoeur's view of historians as storytellers also come in for analysis. Other themes include the sense in which we may speak of a dialogue with the past, the notion of historical truth, and the problem of constructivism.

  • 10 - Bricolage

  • Tommaso Soave, Central European University, Budapest
  • Book:
    The Everyday Makers of International Law
    Published online:
    03 November 2022
    Print publication:
    17 November 2022, pp 185-200

  • Summary

    This chapter turns to the judicial bureaucrats’ review of the facts and evidence on the record. As all soon discover, it is impossible to reconstruct the historical or objective truth behind a case, but only to come up with a persuasive factual narrative that obscures as much as it reveals. What may appear a structured and logical task proves more akin to bricolage. As they parse through the record, bureaucrats are bound to select the facts they deem most salient, ascribe varying weight to the scraps of information they come across, and use whatever is at hand to stitch up an assessment able to withstand scrutiny. Things get even trickier – and more uncertain – where technical or scientific evidence is involved. Some courts are better equipped to engage in extensive factual review than others. These differences notwithstanding, most international judges tend to have little patience for complex evidentiary issues, which they happily delegate to their legal assistants.