Wilhelm Dilthey

Polifroni (2018) discusses the history behind the meaning of the word science explaining, “Science, which comes from the Latin word scientia, meaning “knowledge,” traditionally refers to both processes and outcomes of processes, such as general laws and observations” (p. 4). Advanced practice nurses use knowledge and apply that knowledge to develop better conditions and to advance methods in the nursing profession, improving quality of life for the patients and families we serve (Polifroni,…

Wilhelm Dilthey writes in response to what he observes to be a state of disarray and uncertainty regarding the nature of the human sciences, and the tendencies to subsume it within the larger framework of the natural sciences. In his Introduction to the Human Sciences, he explicates the distinction between the natural and the human sciences with the objective to establish, for the latter, a theoretical and methodological foundation that is independent from the natural sciences. To do this, he…

Hermeneutics, a critical approach, is concerned with understanding of meaning of texts. It was first employed in interpreting The Old Testament and TheBible and law. This study deals with three issues: concept of hermeneutics, Husserl's and Heidegger's philosophical influences on hermeneutics, and the applicability of hermeneutics in Joyce's Finn's Hotel analysis. It is prefaced by explaining the essential concepts of hermeneutics, such as, prejudice, historical horizon, historical consciousness…

lack of religious beliefs. What once started out as a Protestant view of all work being considered holy now seems a distant rumor when it comes to capitalism and a fair day of work (Weber," n.d., table 1.4). The contributions Weber along with Wilhelm Dilthey and Heinrich Rickert made in the name of sociological research have had great influences when it comes to human behavior. They found that natural science methods could not precisely foresee the behavior when it comes to collective groups.…

type of analysis of current worldviews can be assessed, Sire takes the reader for a history lesson on how different people have defined (or used) worldview throughout history. His summary of worldviews is broken up into secular thinkers (e.g., Wilhelm Dilthey, Fredrich Nietzsche, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Michael Foucault), and Christian thinkers (e.g., James Orr, Herman Dooyeweerd, James Olthius, Al Wolters, Ronald Nash, and John Kok). After surveying secular and Christian thinkers in the past,…

The definition of the bildungsroman has, is, and will continue to be debated simply by the nature of “education” or “formation,” in a broader sense development, as a requisite to the genre. What is development? Development can be characterized by a plethora of metrics, which by their own nature can be hotly contested and debated. Three things must characterize the bildungsroman: an adolescent protagonist, a journey, and a conclusion by the protagonist at journey’s end which is counter to that of…

impact on the turn toward more historical data collection, which he felt would lead to the improvement of anthropological theory (Harris 1968:262). Boas thought culture was tied to a groups history and not to biology. Neo-Kantian philosopher Wilhelm Dilthey believed that, “the path to the understanding of the inner life lies through the study of an individual’s history” (Harris 1968:269). This is related to Boas’ study and research with history. To truly understand one’s culture one had to…