加达默尔认为诠释学首先是一种实践,是理解和达到理解(Verstndlichmachen)的艺术。凡是因为人们“操不同的语言”从而不可能达成一致意见的地方,诠释学也就不会完成自己的任务。诠释学的重要任务就是为了进行交际的双方寻找共同的语言。当今世界的全球化(globalization)潮流成为跨文化交际研究的最重要动因,而哲学诠释学为跨文化交际相互理解的研究开拓了一条新的途径。 Gadamer believes that hermeneutics, above all, is a practice that is the art of understanding and reaching understanding (Verstndlichmachen). Hermeneutics will not accomplish its task wherever one can not agree because people “speak different languages.” The important task of hermeneutics is to find a common language for both communicators. The globalization of today’s world has become the most important motivation for intercultural communication research, and philosophical hermeneutics opens up a new avenue for the study of intercultural communication and mutual understanding.