one of the important issues in the humanities in general and in religious studies in particular is the comprehension of the meaning of the text. dealing with the theoretical bases of interpretation and comprehension of the text, hermeneutics is a branch of the humanities which fully serves this objective. the same objective is likewise followed in the study of the principles of jurisprudence (u...

after a long march of history of developments, hermeneutics, the theory of text interpretation, totally focused on understanding, has nowadays been wider scope that eventually includes artworks. hermeneutics refers to different approaches due to its theoretical versatility and associated applied paradigms including ricoeur’s textual hermeneutics. the latter may be best described as text-oriente...

the effective and efficient understanding of the past, which is useful for present time, will transform the history into a dynamic science when it becomes an essential concern for historians. history, as a science, is the result of historian’s insights and perceptions; and philosophical hermeneutics with emphasizing on ontology of understanding and especially on importance of interpretation, ha...

OBJECTIVE to understand, from grandmothers' perspectives, the experience of having a grandchild with cancer. METHOD qualitative study, guided by philosophical hermeneutics. Eight grandmothers of children who had finished an oncology treatment participated in this study. Data were collected through interviews, which were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed according to the principles of hermen...

Originally, hermeneutics was the interpretation of important texts. In 19th century, transformed into a science about meaning and all expressions. 20th Martin Heidegger radicalized hermeneutics, indicating that understanding (the essence hermeneutics) is not technical or intellectual operation, but way being. The central point reference in article hermeneutic philosophy Hans-Georg Gadamer Paul ...