What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Epistemology
- Linguistics
- Social science
Paul Ricoeur spends much of his time researching Epistemology, Literature, Hermeneutics, Narrative and Metaphor.
His study in the fields of Phenomenology and Verstehen under the domain of Epistemology overlaps with other disciplines such as Function and Fixation.
Paul Ricoeur has included themes like Art history, Human science, Exegesis, Philosophy of language and Spoken language in his Hermeneutics study.
His Human science study deals with Critical thinking intersecting with Psychoanalysis.
His Narrative history study, which is part of a larger body of work in Narrative, is frequently linked to Volume, Historical writing and Presentation, bridging the gap between disciplines.
His work deals with themes such as Semantics, Rhetoric and Semantic theory of truth, which intersect with Metaphor.
His most cited work include:
- Time and narrative (2224 citations)
- Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences (1136 citations)
- Freud and Philosophy an Essay on Interpretation (906 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Paul Ricoeur focuses on Epistemology, Hermeneutics, Humanities, Literature and Narrative.
His Epistemology study combines topics in areas such as On Language, Interpretation and Metaphor.
Metaphor is a subfield of Linguistics that Paul Ricoeur tackles.
His research investigates the connection between Hermeneutics and topics such as Religious studies that intersect with issues in Theology.
Humanities and Ethnology are commonly linked in his work.
Paul Ricoeur is studying Narrative history, which is a component of Literature.
He most often published in these fields:
- Epistemology (26.92%)
- Hermeneutics (16.48%)
- Humanities (12.64%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2003-2017)?
- Epistemology (26.92%)
- Humanities (12.64%)
- Hermeneutics (16.48%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of study are Epistemology, Humanities, Hermeneutics, Human science and Political science.
Paul Ricoeur usually deals with Epistemology and limits it to topics linked to On Language and Sociological theory.
His Humanities study which covers Analytic philosophy that intersects with Phenomenology.
His research on Hermeneutics frequently links to adjacent areas such as Structuralism.
Paul Ricoeur has researched Structuralism in several fields, including Narrative and Focus.
The Human science study combines topics in areas such as Art history and Field.
Between 2003 and 2017, his most popular works were:
- Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences: Essays on Language, Action and Interpretation (683 citations)
- The course of recognition (199 citations)
- Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences: The narrative function (87 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Epistemology
- Linguistics
- Social science
Paul Ricoeur mainly focuses on Hermeneutics, Epistemology, Human science, Psychoanalysis and Structuralism.
Epistemology is closely attributed to On Language in his study.
His Psychoanalysis research incorporates elements of Phenomenology, Subject and Focus.
His research on Subject frequently connects to adjacent areas such as Literature.
He interconnects Sociological theory and Wife in the investigation of issues within Literature.
His research in Structuralism intersects with topics in Narrative inquiry, Narrative and Metaphor.
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