ABSTRACT
Editing is one of the more mundane, common, and routine actions of a scholar. It is also an exemplar of philosophical hermeneutics in action and an invitation to learn from the revelatory and the dialogic. This chapter explores editing through the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer; he describes the interpretive function of hermeneutics in action, detailing the creative activity of editing that commences with a question rather than an argument. Doing philosophical hermeneutics invites understanding as one engages writing and editing; this form of practical/intellectual engagement is open to the revelatory, the uncertain, and the unknown. Argument is a byproduct of understanding; one stumbles into a persuasive position.
