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hermeneutic circle

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hermeneutic circle (hurˈ·m·nōōˑ·tik serˑ·kl),
n the interpretation of the underlying insights and understandings embodied in a treatment program, which involves both the practitioner and client as they determine the reason for the unsatisfactory health status of the client and work toward a program for his or her betterment.


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The data were analyzed by a research team using the hermeneutic circle, which involves continually looking at parts of the text in light of the meaning of the larger text, returning to the parts and then back again to the larger whole.
Creating a climate of engagement in a blended learning environment by Woodside, Marianne / Journal of Interactive Learning Research
He goes on to explain the hermeneutic circle, which is what writers do when they write, attempt to understand and interpret the world.
Writing Open The Mind by Internet Bookwatch
The metaphor might be experienced as phenomenological essence or as hermeneutic pattern relatable to Martin Heidegger's "turnings" in the hermeneutic circle, which bear a quality of uncertainty and openness explicit in Hillman's errancy.
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