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hermeneutic circle: a standalone construct

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Hermeneutics

the interpretive movement in which a whole is understood through its parts and the parts through the whole, shaped by the interpreter's prior understanding.

In hermeneutics, hermeneutic circle refers to the interpretive movement in which a whole is understood through its parts and the parts through the whole, shaped by the interpreter's prior understanding. This meaning comes from Gadamer (1960/1979) in Truth and method.[1]

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left-hemisphere interpreter1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct movement2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs prior3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Gadamer, H.-G. (1979). Truth and method. Sheed & Ward. (Original work published 1960) ISBN 9780722092156

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