The human sciences between the question of truth and the crisis of method Gadamer as a paradigm

Abstract

This study examines the methodological crisis that has characterized the human sciences under the dominance of the positivist model derived from the natural sciences. Following the remarkable achievements of the natural sciences through the adoption of the scientific method, the human sciences sought to imitate the same methodological framework but failed to attain comparable results due to the distinctive nature of human phenomena. The study argues that human reality is historically, culturally, and socially constructed, making it unsuitable for purely causal explanation. In this context, hermeneutics emerges as a methodology of understanding and interpretation that respects the specificity of human experience. Rather than limiting itself to the interpretation of texts, hermeneutics provides conceptual tools for understanding human actions, symbols, and cultural practices within their historical and social contexts. The study concludes that hermeneutics offers a coherent epistemological and methodological framework capable of renewing research in the human sciences by integrating critical understanding with rigorous scholarly interpretation