The Core of Kuhn's Scientific Hermeneutics:Understanding as the Revolution of Thought
Whether it is from the"new reading of old scientific texts"brought about by the Epiphany in 1947 to the paradigm of worldview in the Structure of Scientific Revolutions in 1962,or from the understanding as"reconceptualization process"in the A Function for Thought Experiments(1964)to the tacit knowledge embodied in the nature of paradigms,"the ability to find similarities",in his Second Thoughts on Paradigms(1969),or from the emphasis on understanding as the understanding of the overall structure of thought in scientific texts inCommensurability,Comparability,Communicability(1982)to the classification structure of professional dictionaries,Kuhn's scientific hermeneutics,with"understanding as a revolution of thought"at its core,provides a new methodological tool and ontological perspective for bridging the gap between science and humanity.Its core,that is,understanding is the holistic integration process of the researcher's own ideological revolution and vision,is a unique exploration path and mode of thinking that foster multi-disciplinary integration and development.On the one hand,he revealed the paradigms behind the texts as a whole world view through"new reading",on the other hand,he presented the thought revolution as a linguistic revolution of lexical network reform,pointing out that for historians and philosophers of sciences,understanding was the basis of interpretation,and interpretation included the whole process of learning,understanding and interpretation.In Kuhn's scientific hermeneutics,historical situation held the same significance as in methodological hermeneutics,but it contains practicality,an essential attribute brought by the natural sciences.Meanwhile,the demand for systematism is stronger,and because of Kuhn,it naturally contains the trend of the unity of subject and object.
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