Author(s): Yakup KAHRAMAN
The term hermeneutics is used with its modern meaning for the first time by Wilhelm Dilthey although it has a history dating back as far as old age Hellenistic idea. He states that such social sciences as history and sociology requires a different method because of the unique aspects of its topic, human existance contary to general methodology conception of pozitivism in the 19th century and the way of using the natural sciences methods in social sciences. This comprehension began with Kamuran Birand in Turkish thought. Birand was influenced by the attitude of Dilthey who thinks there is an essential difference between research concerning nature and ascertaining man and his values and consequently, introduces an analysis methology based on hermeneutics and thus accepted them as basis of his own thinking system. However, Birand doesn’t settle for that and reinterprets this conception system with his own style.
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