Hermeneutics, Language and Psychology

This article analyses some theoretical aspects of the possibility of contribution of Hermeneutics to Psychology, provided by Language, a common interface.1t is pointed some language dimensions having interests both to Psychology and hermeneutical activity. After a historical review ofthe hermeneutic...

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Autor: Dutra, Lucas Vieira
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMPINAS)
Repositorio:Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br:article/6626
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/6626
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Psicologia
hennenêutica
método hennenêutico
linguagem
Psychology
hermeneutics
hermeneutic method
language
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Sumario:This article analyses some theoretical aspects of the possibility of contribution of Hermeneutics to Psychology, provided by Language, a common interface.1t is pointed some language dimensions having interests both to Psychology and hermeneutical activity. After a historical review ofthe hermeneutical positioning and its principais schools, it is briefly discussed the Hermeneutical prohlem, comparing aspects of this methodology to the methodologies of rationalist and empiricist proposals. It is placed the interpretation activity in this realm and the possibility ofunderstanding. The article concludes that, in the ground of Being, Hermeneutics can provide methodological proposals in order to de ai with some difficulties encountered in others theoretical domains. In this sense, and by virtue of language, Hermeneutics' contribution can be useful, mainly in the field of Psychotherapy.