Review and contributions of hermeneutics: views from constructivism

Authors

  • Luis Cruz Villalobos Centro de Investigación de Resiliencia y Espiritualidad

Abstract

This paper provides a brief journey through hermeneutics as a discipline devoted to interpretation, referring to its origins (philosophical and theological), development and implications for cognitive and social sciences, introducing some plausible connections with contemporary constructivist metatheory and poetics.

Keywords:

hermeneutics, constructivism, hermeneutic circle, self, Heidegger, Ricoeur, poetics