Paul Ricoeur
1913–2005
“The narrative self. The hermeneutics of suspicion. Oneself as another.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- TDTheoretical Drive9 / 10
- TRTrust in Reason8 / 10
- TETrust in Experience7 / 10
- CECommunal Embeddedness7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- WhiteheadCARTOGRAPHER
Reality is process, not substance. Actual occasions of experience. God is not exception but exemplar.
- Tariq RamadanCARTOGRAPHER
European Islam — internal reform without secular flattening.
- Hans-Georg GadamerCARTOGRAPHER
Understanding happens in the fusion of horizons. Tradition is the live process of meaning.
- HusserlCARTOGRAPHER
Bracket your assumptions and return to the things themselves. Phenomenology as rigorous science.
- Stuart KauffmanCARTOGRAPHER
At Home in the Universe — order for free; self-organization in complex systems.
- Avicebron (Ibn Gabirol)LIGHTHOUSE
In Fons Vitae, even spiritual substances are composed of universal matter and form.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Paul Ricoeur's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Paul Ricoeur or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREPaul Ricoeur vs WhiteheadOn Mull's map Whitehead sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶