Hermeneutics, the art of the interpretation, is applied to brain. The relevance of concepts of hermeneutic processes and hermeneutic devices to brain theory are

This paper attempts to demonstrate the principles of hermeneutics in an effort to understand factors affecting Information Systems (IS) projects. As hermeneutics provides a systematic method of interpreting text from multiple information sources, thus, Information Systems being prima facie defined and documented as text documents, are eminently suited for this mode of investigation. In this pap...

objectives: the aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of anger rumination and its relationship with coping strategies and assertiveness in students of mohaghegh ardebili university. methods: the present research was a descriptive correlational study. the study population consisted of all students enrolled in the academic year 1390-91 (n = 8344). in the first step, to determine the pre...

A unifying framework, i.e. the brain-mind-computer trichotomy is suggested analyzed by by adopting hermeneutic approach. We argue that brain is a hermeneutic device, and hermeneutics is also necessary to understand situations and other’s minds. Intentional dynamics is a possible method to set this unifying framework. Specifically, computational studies suggest that schizophrenia, as a ”disconne...

this study is an attempt at examining staged photography series “by an eye witness” by azadeh akhlaghi. in these photos, historical events were reconstructed by staged photography and a reflection of the photographer's attitude towards the moments of death, murder, and burial of the people who made turning points in the contemporary history of iran could be observed. in this series two typ...

It has been argued that psychoanalytic and biological theories cannot be integrated because they rely on different epistemological grounds, namely on hermeneutic versus causal explanations, that are inconsistent with each other. Such inconsistency would seriously question the general possibility of neuropsychoanalytic research. Here, I review three important arguments that have been raised in f...

background : spiritual needs are among an individual’s essential needs in all places and times. with his physical and spiritual dimensions and the mutual effect of these two dimensions, human has spiritual needs as well. these needs are an intrinsic need throughout the life; therefore, they will remain as a major element of holistic nursing care. one of the greatest challenges for nurses is to ...