Concepedia

Interpretive Understanding

Interpretive Understanding is a philosophical method within hermeneutic phenomenology and philosophical hermeneutics that discloses the meaning of lived experience through a reflective, dialogical engagement with phenomena, distinguishing itself from other interpretive methods by its emphasis on the ontological intertwining of interpreter and interpreted within a hermeneutic circle of pre-understanding and contextual situatedness.

274

Publications

26.9K

Citations

395

Authors

190

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

36

Variants

Verstehen

Parents

Publications

274

Thick Description: Towards an Interpretive Theory of Culture

Clifford Geertz · PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) · 1973 · 4.2K citations

, , +13

Constructivist, interpretivist approaches to human inquiry.

Thomas A. Schwandt · 1994 · 2.5K citations

, , +9

Truth and Interpretation: Perspectives on the Philosophy of Donald Davidson.

Jeremy Butterfield, Ernest Lepore · The Philosophical Review · 1989 · 976 citations

, , +8

Interpreting the Interpretive Structural Model

N.A. Sushil · Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management · 2012 · 867 citations

, , +8

New Essays on Human Understanding.

Ruth Mattern, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Peter Remnant et al. · The Philosophical Review · 1984 · 553 citations

, , +12

1–5 of 274

Authors

395

  1. JA
    Jonathan A. Smith

    Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 698 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. PR
    Peter Remnant

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    2 publications · 766 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. JA
    James A. Holstein

    Marquette University, United States

    2 publications · 532 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. JT
    John T. Curtis

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    2 publications · 352 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. JS
    John Stewart

    University of Utah, United States

    2 publications · 88 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5 of 395

Institutions

190

  1. Birkbeck, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    746 citations

  2. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    113 citations

  3. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    143 citations

  4. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    418 citations

  5. George Mason University

    Fairfax, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    131 citations

  6. University of Idaho

    Moscow, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    109 citations

  7. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    169 citations

  8. Concordia University

    Montreal, Canada

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    157 citations

1–8 of 190

Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 11 publications · 524 citations

    11

    h-index

  2. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

    JAPA · 8 publications · 189 citations

    8

    h-index

  3. The Philosophical Quarterly

    7 publications · 803 citations

    7

    h-index

  4. Qualitative Health Research

    QHR · 6 publications · 307 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. Qualitative Research in Psychology

    QRP · 5 publications · 559 citations

    5

    h-index

1–5