Methodical Hermeneutics and Humanistic Psychology

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Abstract In this article, it is argued that the engagement of hermeneutics is common to both the creation of theory in humanistic psychology and the conduct of qualitative research. Development of their theories by Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers serve as examples of the tacit use of methodical hermeneutics.With respect to qualitative research, the phenomenological psychological and grounded theory methods are connected with the concept of a human science approach to the social and health sciences, and are examined critically to expose the hermeneutic involvement in them. A call is put out for a meta-methodology of qualitative research based on the methodical type of hermeneutics. Benefits of such a methodology are suggested, especially enhanced integration of the theory and research in humanistic psychology. 1Division 32 (Humanistic) Presidential Address under the title, Hermeneutics and Humanistic Psychology, given at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, August 2006.

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