HERMENEUTICS
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1516 ▶ |
| Object type | Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
The science of interpretation of texts and Template:Ency term . Originally hermeneutics was concerned with biblical scriptures and philosophical commentaries. It has however be widely extended during the last century, for ex. by Template:Ency person (1922, 1935)
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By extention, the science of the interpretation of human individual and social Template:Ency term .
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Template:Ency person shows himself somewhat skeptical about hermeneutics as a science when he defines it more modestly as “the study of the supposed fundamental significance of human thoughts, utterances, Template:Ency term and institutions” and observes that “Hermeneutics was used originally by theologians for interpretations of the truths in the Bible” (1978, p.293).
Of course, the study of human conditions of Template:Ency term …by humans is by its nature always relatie and possibly questionable. It is however better than the mere naive uncritical Template:Ency term of an Template:Ency term who does not understand his own defined and limited mental and psychical conditions or, as said by Ortega y Gasset, his belief in his own Template:Ency term as observer (1965, p. 145)
The German philosopher Hans Template:Ency person (1900-2002) is generally considered to have founded Hermeneutics (Template:Ency person, 1995, 1996, 1999). Much of his work has its roots in the pre-socratic greek philosophers, among them Heraclitos and Parmenides.