Ricœur uses a cross-disciplinary method: phenomenological description (Husserl, Heidegger), hermeneutic interpretation (Gadamer), philosophical anthropology, and engagement with psychoanalysis and cognitive science. He reads philosophical and literary texts as resources for understanding selfhood. Central methodological moves:
The final two studies shift to practical philosophy. Ricoeur proposes a small triad: paul ricoeur oneself as another pdf