The resolution of the aporia of time in Paul Ricoeur’s “Time and Narrative”. Part Two

Abstract

A resolution of the aporia of time in the third volume of Time and Narrative by Paul Ricoeur is considered in the article. It also considers the statement of an issue that the phenomenological tradition fails to describe consistently the constitution of the objective time on the basis of the time of consciousness. From Riceour’s point of view, the poetics of the narrative can resolve the issue. This paper is focused on the criticizing its resolution through the narrative. The notion of “analytical phenomenology” is introduced here. An analytical phenomenology is compared with Paul Ricoeur’s critical examination of idealistic interpretation of the Husserl’s phenomenology. The difference between phenomenology and hermeneutics, proved by Ricoeur, is investigated too. The author passes criticism upon general thesis of Paul Ricoeur’s phenomenological hermeneutics that any experience is designed to be expressed in language (dicibilité). Depending on the adoption of various theories of language, this thesis opens the way for countless interpretations. It is argued that some phenomena of the experience are not available to language expressions; they can be recognized only in linguistic haltings as moments of silence A typical example of such a phenomenon is an event. Phenomenological hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur fails to analyse it. As an alternative approach to the concept of the event, the phenomenology of Jean-Luc Marion is proposed..