Reacts to Martin's (1995) essay concerning scientism in psychotherapy. Urges placing a moratorium on the "hermeneutic retreat" advocated by Martin, and urges capitalizing on the unique strengths of both positivistic and interpretive modes of inquiry. (JPS)

States that the existence of an essential underdetermination in the interpretation of the formalism of quantum mechanics, in spite of the widespread belief that logic and empirical considerations alone demand an indeterministic world view in physics, legitimizes the analysis of hermeneutics in science education. (LZ)

Outlines the elements of a revised epistemological approach to thinking about library and information science. Hermeneutical phenomenology seeks an understanding of the essence of things (such as the library) and takes into account, among other things, the intentional stances of the human actors within the realm of library and information science.…

This paper explores how the science of interpretation (hermeneutics) may offer an approach to describing the nature of how one develops understanding during mathematical activity. The discussion centers on personal interpretation and its interactive relationship between mathematics and mathematical activity without focusing upon the distinction…

Engages in ironic play with the confessional mode to find out how to think and talk after the French feminist confrontation with philosophy. Confesses a desire for philosophic thinking, then seeks from hermeneutics the secret at the heart of its enterprise. (SR)

Discusses educational philosophy, presenting epistemological and hermeneutic conceptions of the nature of understanding according to Paul H. Hirst and Martin Heidegger. The article looks at Hirst's epistemology of understanding and Heidegger's understanding as a praxeological competence. (SM)

Argues that Plato considers his philosophical doctrines unwritable and shows how this assumption can be mobilized as the dominant trope for interpreting Plato. Suggests that Platonic texts deploy language in dramatically rhetorical fashion to control the reader and lead her analogically to a vision of an extralinguistic reality. (RS)

Suggests that Jacques Derrida's deconstructive analyses expose the "metaphysical exigency," a concealed choice significant to a philosophical position's exposition. Contrasts Derrida's views with Martin Heidegger's, particularly with respect to intersubjectivity and disclosure of being. Question the possibility for communication and…

Comments on the interview of Stephen Toulmin in the preceding issue of this journal. Critiques Toulmin's concepts regarding hermeneutics and theory. Compares Toulmin's theories to the concept of "phronesis" discussed by Aristotle. Outlines Toulmin's relationship to historical theorists of rhetoric. (HB)

Develops the concept of the learning of interpretation in contrast to prevailing didactic models of representation. Sketches the didactic and professional-theoretical implications of the concept of learning of interpretive methods. Illustrates these considerations concerning the learning of interpretive methods with empirical examples. (DSK)

Nursing students' evaluations of a unit in which they examined images of mental health in literature elicited three themes: (1) textual narratives imitate and expand horizons of the real world; (2) texts serve as a model of the real world; and (3) texts can challenge health care professionals' perspectives on their practice. (Contains 58…

Responds to essays on translation norms and studies by Toury and Hermans, noting their differences and focusing more on Hermans' essay. The paper reads Hermans' essay in terms of his metaphors of translation regarding the passage through the theme of light. It examines the epistemological problem that the light imagery can suggest, and discusses…

Philosophy of education is regarded as an art of hermeneutics that integrates a theory of mimesis in its understanding of the educational transmission. The idea of the master is reconsidered in this perspective in order to overcome the old opposition between classicism and romanticism. In that way the author attempts to respond to the question:…

The concern behind my question, "Can there be validity without reliability?" (Moss, 1994), was about the influence of measurement practices on the quality of education. I argued that conventional operationalizations of reliability in the measurement literature, which I summarized as "consistency, quantitatively defined, among independent…

The research methods of hermeneutics and semiotics were used to analyse maps of the Holy Land. The main conclusion of this study is how those methods could help us to read and understand maps. Other issues of concern are which religious elements actually appear and their form of representation in the range of maps. Narratives identified on the…