Abstract:The semantic field of the concept of “prejudice” has undergone a transformation from Descartes' “cogito”, Kant's “transcendental”, Husserl's “transcendental consciousness” to Heidegger's “pre-structure”, evolving from epistemology (as logical and rational premise of knowledge) to ontology/being (as the “pre-structure” of the being of beings). If viewed from the knowledge context of Western philosophy, "prejudice" is not a “preconception” before reading a text, but rather the core issue that modern hermeneutics, especially German hermeneutics, must confront - the highest, true, and ultimate meaning constructed by Parmenides' “Being”, Heraclitus' “Logos”, Plato's “Idea”, and the Bible. Unlike the biblical hermeneutics that interprets God's words as absolute truth, Dilthey's hermeneutics of life, Husserl's suspended transcendental concept, and Heidegger's ontological hermeneutics all aim to “deconstruct” (Destruktion) the unshakable metaphysical “meaning” (Sinn) of the West. Thus, Heidegger's analysis of the “temporality” (Zeitlichkeit) of “Dasein's” “being-in-the-world” (In-der-Welt-Sein) and “being-with-others” (Mitsein), that is the ontological horizon of Dasein - the “pre-structure” (Vorstruktur). However, the misinterpretation of “hermeneutics” (Hermeneutik) and “understanding” (Verstehen) in the domestic academic circle, as well as the misinterpretation of the concept of “prejudice”, not only confuses in domestic hermeneutics research but also confuses the core concepts of hermeneutics with the interpretation theory of text meaning in “reception aesthetics” and the “author” theory of Roland Barthes and Michel Foucault, thereby reducing hermeneutics (philosophy) that takes the encounter of “meaning” (Sinn) as its object to a literary criticism theory that takes text interpretation as its object.
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LUO Chong-hong. The Semantic Field and Theoretical Misinterpretation of the Concept of “Prejudice” from the Perspective of Hermeneutics. , 2025, 42(4): 129-140.