Dialogue-hermeneutic Method and the "Research Program Subjective Theories

Abstract

This contribution gives a survey on the dialogue-hermeneutic method in the form of an annotated list of references, with the aim of combining a systematic structuring with an historical account. This involves the embedding of the methodological basic structure in the framework of the Research Program Subjective Theories, the description of the two basic methodological steps, the naming of the most important research areas and the consequences as well as suggestions for further research development from the viewpoint of a philosophy of science. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0002105

Keywords

• dialogue-consensus
• epistemological model of the human being (man the scientist)
• subjective theories
• communicative validation
• reflexivity and rationality