by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Hermeneutic Interview Reflection
Hermeneutic Interview Reflection The hermeneutic interview has a conversational structure: it is oriented to sense-making and interpreting experiential meanings. The interview has a collaborative conversational structure that lends itself especially well to the task...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Hermeneutic Reduction
The hermeneutic reduction: openness Method: Bracket all interpretation and reflectively explicate whatever assumptions seem to need attention in writing the research text. One needs to reflect on one’s own preunderstandings, frameworks, and biases regarding the...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Hermeneutical Phenomenology
Hermeneutical phenomenology Basic themes of hermeneutic phenomenology are “interpretation,” “textual meaning,” “dialogue,” “preunderstanding,” and “tradition.” Heidegger, Gadamer, and Ricoeur are the foremost representatives of the movement of hermeneutic...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Heuristic Reduction
The heuristic reduction: wonder Method: Bracket the attitude of taken-for-grantedness and aim to awaken a profound sense of wonder about the phenomenon in which one is interested. At the most basic level the phenomenological reduction consists of the attitude or mood...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Historical Sources
Human phenomena always acquire their significance in historical contexts; thus history is a source of meaning for phenomenological inquiry. Sometimes we may gain unique insights into human phenomena when we study those phenomena in histrorical contexts. Through...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Insight Cultivating Reflection
Insight-cultivating Reflection Insight cultivators are ideas or thematic insights gleaned from philosophic and other sources of the human sciences. They aid in the reflective interpretive process. Insight cultivators are often found in the reflective writings of...
