The double hermeneutic is the theory, expounded by sociologist Anthony Giddens, that everyday "lay" concepts and those from the social sciences have a two-way relationship.[1] A common example is the idea of social class, a social-scientific category that has entered into wide use in society. Since the 1970s, held to be a distinguishing feature of the social sciences,[2] the double hermeneutic has become a criterion for demarcating the human/social from the natural sciences.[3][4]
- ^ Giddens, A., Social Theory and Modern Sociology (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1987), pp. 20–21.
- ^ Richards, H., Understanding the Global Economy (Thousand Oaks: Peace Education Books, 2004), p. 309.
- ^ Ginev, D., Hermeneutic Realism: Reality Within Scientific Inquiry (Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer, 2016), p. 148.
- ^ Weinert, F., Copernicus, Darwin, and Freud: Revolutions in the History and Philosophy of Science (Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), p. 228.
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