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
Fons Vitae — universal matter and form even in spiritual substances.
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 ▶