this research is intended to present an elucidation of interaction between textual context and circumstantial context while comprehending the text. this interaction is maintained in a specific hermeneutic circle of comprehending the text. the qur’ān is divine word and has characteristics that demands hermeneutic circle proportionate to it. therefore, in this research the characteristics influen...

We distinguish between three philosophical views on the neuroscience of predictive models: predictive coding (associated with internal Bayesian models and prediction error minimization), predictive processing (associated with radical connectionism and ‘simple’ embodiment) and predictive engagement (associated with enactivist approaches to cognition). We examine the concept of active inference u...

Huge amount of textual information available in firms and institutions triggers the need for robust textual data analysis systems. A new field called text-mining has the goal of discovering hidden information and knowledge structuring in texts. Statistical methods coupled with natural language processing can give some answers to this kind of problems. We have developed a module of term clusteri...

the hermeneutic circle articulated by different hermeneuticans in various versions is one of the basic problems in modern hermeneutics. romanic hermeneutics introduced the circle as a methodological principle, but in philosophical hermeneutics the circle has ontological dimensions and regards as a process of understanding. heidegger believes that hermeneutic circle reflects dasein’s existential...

Hermeneutics remains a divisive and polarizing topic within scholarly ecclesiastical communities in South Africa. These tensions are not limited to theoretical differences but often crystallize on grassroots level when local churches church assemblies have make important decisions controversial ethical topics such as ordaining women offices, assessing the ethics of gay marriages, taking stance ...

A common topic in CSCW is the fit between an information system and the people whose activity it is intended to support. The static and objectifying abstractions at the heart of mainstream information systems are often contrasted with idealized concepts such as the 'common information space' where there is fluid adaptation to suit each user, community and context. While such discussion is commo...

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The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effects on learning of the spatial integration of textual information incorporated in illustrations in the form of pop-up windows which are opened by the user. Three groups of students viewed illustrated texts depicting the functioning of the heart and the replication of the AIDS virus either with textual information presented below the picture, w...