The Place of phronesis in Philosophical Hermeneutics. A Brief Overview and a Critical Question

It seems that phronesis has everything to do with hermeneutics. A kind of knowledge, be that hermeneutical or practical, is at work each time we interpret or act. In a way, interpreting or knowing what to do in a certain situation are similar acts. But, in the end, the main thesis of contemporary hermeneutics, at least in Gadamer's hermeneutics, is that phronesis is central to the very act of understanding as such. Although departing from such a strong thesis, Ricoeur as well holds that phronesis is central to hermeneutics. Thus, in the present article I attempt to provide a short overview of the place of phronesis in hermeneutics adding a critical question: are we entitled to hold that hermeneutics is practical philosophy?