Interest in the clinical interview method as an alternative research tool to standardized testing procedures raises questions about the type of analysis applicable when using this technique. Hermeneutics is considered as a model for analyzing the clinically informed research interview; specifically, the model of hermeneutic analysis developed by the French philosopher Paul Ricceur is examined. Ricceur attempts to resolve the dichotomy that arose with 19th century hermeneutics, between explanation (as the province of the natural sciences) and understanding (as the province of the human sciences), by making the text into the central problematic of hermeneutics. Ricceur’s ‘paradigm of the text’ is discussed, and the clinical research interview is analyzed to determine whether it meets Ricceur’s criteria of textuality.

Keywords:
Hermeneutics, Interviewing, Methodology
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1987
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