Ricoeur's Theory of Interpretation

An Instrument for Data Interpretation in Hermeneutic Phenomenology

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ID2410285
AutoresHeather Tan (0000-0003-0415-1300, Monash University), Anne Wilson (0000-0001-7954-6038, The University of Adelaide), Ian Olver (0000-0001-5478-1576, Cancer Council Australia)
Ano2009
Volume8
Fascículo4
Páginas1-15
Data de publicação2009-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1609-4069 • E-ISSN: 1609-4069
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/160940690900800401
OpenAlexW1484123119
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas45
Referências citadas16

Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenology, although providing an appropriate philosophical foundation for research in the social sciences that seeks to investigate the meaning of lived experience, does not provide clarity of process, making it difficult to assign the degree of rigor to the work demanded in an era dominated by the positivist paradigm. Ricoeur (1981) further developed both Heidegger's and Gadamer's ideas, in the areas of method and interpretation of hermeneutic phenomenological research, in a direction that has addressed this difficulty. In this article the authors outline Ricoeur's theory, including three levels of data analysis, describe its application to the interpretation of data, and discuss two apparent contradictions in his theory. Ricoeur's theory of interpretation, as a tool for the interpretation of data in studies whose philosophical underpinning is hermeneutic phenomenology, deserves consideration by human sciences researchers who seek to provide a rigorous foundation for their work

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