ABSTRACT
Betti's work represents the most sophisticated exposition of the theory of hermeneutics that is the methodology of the interpretation of objective mind. Hermeneutic philosophy, in relation to this approach, can be characterized by reference to its fundamental theme: the interpretation of Dasein. The concern now shifts from objective interpretation to a transcendental analysis which, through the interpretation of Dasein, examines the existential constitution of possible understanding from the standpoint of active existence. The difference between this view and Betti's emphasis on self-knowledge rests mainly in the fact that with him it could never be more than a desirable outcome of objective interpretation. But now it refers to the event in which the individual realizes his debt to tradition and responsibility for the future. It is no longer the result of knowing something that has congealed into an object but it indicates a new way of being.
