Abstract

FERREIRA, Luciana da Silva Mendes. Between Phenomenology and Hermeneutics: a perspective in psychotherapy. Rev. abordagem gestalt. [online]. 2009, vol.15, n.2, pp. 143-148. ISSN 1809-6867.

There have been frequent discussions among Psychology researchers on how Phenomenology and Hermeneutics relate with their clinical practice. Such discussion heralds a concern with establishing more adequate methods for the approximation of phenomena that are not fully objectifiable in a naturalistic sense. Among the possibilities for such methods is a proposal, of Heideggerian inspiration, for conciliating both approaches - Phenomenology and Hermeneutics - into a single pathway. However, this attempt at conciliation is not feasible without profound transformations as to what concerns Husserl's Phenomenology itself. Once the individual's existence is clarified as a Being-in-the-World, the idea of a subjectivity that relates to an external dimension, as well as the concepts of interiority, psyche or even conscience or intentionality fall into pieces. It is in this context that Phenomenology becomes Hermeneutics and its method then becomes grounded on the "hermeneutic circle" which states that we always possess some form of previous understanding of that which we wish to comprehend.

Keywords : Phenomenology; Hermeneutics; Hermeneutic circle; Psychotherapy.

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