The Philosophical Hermeneutics of M. Vlačić and M. Heidegger

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Project Director dr. sc. Ivan Kordić

Summary:
The purpose of this project ist to elaborate the main elements of Matija Vlačić Ilirik’s hermeneutics, to investigate those elements in their historical context and to reflect upon them from the standpoint of contemporary hermeneutic theory, a task which presupposes a hermeneutic evaluation of the thought of Martin Heidegger. Among the aims of research on this topic is the investigation of the problem of original sin and the historical dimension of the understanding of the scriptures according to Vlačić, as well as his treatment of the question of tradition and its role in revelation of truth. These aspects of Vlačić’s hermeneutics are to be compared with Heidegger’s understanding of being, time and temporality, historicity and the indefiniteness of the question of the sense of being. The reception of Vlačić and Heidegger and their effect on other, similar theological and philosophical theories from the reformation until the present, especially in the 19th and 20th century, will also be considered.