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Hermeneutic is the methodology of interpreting meaningful human action as well as the products of such actions, most importantly in texts (Greek: hermeneia = interpretation). The Hermeneutic Circle refers to the fact that any interpretation is based on, and must start from, a certain pre-understanding of the text. This pre-understanding is based on the context in which the text concerned is integrated. The circle appears from the fact that one must already know about the meaning of the text in order to be able to get further knowledge about the meaning of the text.
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Tiedemann, P. (2020). Introduction. In: Philosophical Foundation of Human Rights. Springer Textbooks in Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42262-2_1
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