Apply-Degger: A Podcast with Simon Critchley | Episode 6: Language and Interpretation
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Interpretation as taking something as something prior to propositions – The hermeneutic circle – Virtuous and not vicious – Judgement is not the primary locus of truth – Cribbing Aristotle – Comparison with Wittgenstein’s Tractatus – Important nonsense and silence – Taking things hermeneutically – The distinction between discourse and language – Communication – Language is not inside the head, it is ecstatic – Dasein has to have clean ears – The voice of the friend - Hearing, hearkening, silence and reticence – Keeping quiet - Proposal for a reticence bar called Helsinki – The human being shows itself as a being that talks – non-human language – Excursus on the octopus.
Introductory music: “Esse” by Zenon Marko. © 2019 Disreality. Included with permission.