Emilio Betti: On Interpretation Objectivity

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13125/CH/4955

Abstract

This paper aims to re-examine Betti’s philosophical-theoretical research to grasp its possible updating in the field of human and social sciences and in reference to theories of truth. How to accept Betti’s lesson on interpretation without losing its need for scientific rigor and at the same time bringing it out of a tensional dynamism that is now outdated (natural sciences vs. spiritual sciences, realism vs. idealism etc.) and/or potentially surmountable (hermeneutics vs. pragmatism, representationalism vs. psychologism etc.)? We should think in terms of a mixed model of truth, that is to think of a theory of truth capable of receiving both the idea of the non-intersubjective hermeneutical-cognitive synthesis, of interpreter-objectification, and the idea of the correspondence of representational constructs with respect to objective states, let alone the idea of the inferential value inherent in factual and practical statements in general.

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Author Biography

Vinicio Busacchi, Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, and PhilosophyUNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI

Vinicio Busacchi is Associate Professor of Theoretical Philosophy and a Member of the Doctoral Committee at the Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, and Philosophy at the University of Cagliari, Italy. He a Member of the interdisciplinary research group on “Psychoanalysis, Hermeneutics and Phenomenology” in Rome. His research interests are focused in hermeneutics, epistemology of the social sciences, theory of psychoanalysis, historical knowledge. He has published various articles on the philosophy of psychoanalysis, neuroscience, anthropology, and the philosophy of history. His published books include Ricœur vs. Freud (Paris, 2011), Pour une herméneutique critique (Paris, 2013), The Recognition Principle: A Philosophical Perspective between Psychology, Sociology and Politics (Newcastle, 2015); Habermas and Ricoeur’s Depth Hermeneutics. From Psychoanalysis to a Critical Human Science (Cham, 2016).  

 

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Published
2021-10-21
How to Cite
Busacchi, V. (2021). Emilio Betti: On Interpretation Objectivity. Critical Hermeneutics, 5(1), 227-252. https://doi.org/10.13125/CH/4955
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Vol 5 No 1 (2021): Emilio Betti: A Humanist between Law and Philosophy
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