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Hermeneutics
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Principle | Discussion | See also PrincipleMeaning may be interpreted through study. DiscussionThe original meaning of the word 'hermeneutics' is the study of the Bible, how it is interpreted and in particular the discovery of values and truths therein. Four main types are:
This is only a background, however. The key aspect of this is that it is to do with interpreting something to create meaning. In social research, the term 'hermeneutics' is rooted in Hegel and Lambert, but more recently associated with Husserl's Phenomenology, Heidegger's Hermeneutic Phenomonology and the philosophical hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer. Wilhelm Dilthey (1883), aimed to identify a distinctly 'human science' where humans act upon the natural environment but within the social environment. The hermeneutic circle: a thing is understood from words, but to understand a thing you need to understand the whole. It's a chicken and egg. Like a word in a sentence - to understand one you first need to understand the other. See also |
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