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RUEDAS MARRERO, Martha; RIOS CABRERA, María Magdalena  e  NIEVES, Freddy. Hermeneutics: The stone that brakes the mirror. Investigación y Postgrado [online]. 2009, vol.24, n.2, pp.181-201. ISSN 1316-0087.

Teleologically, the hermeneutics has experimented variations through history. Nowadays, it constitutes a well-known art in the processes of qualitative research based on the interpretative paradigm. In our case, it is considered as an epistemic-methodological perspective, emphasizing on its versatility, giving a possibility to interpret and comprehend reality in its several manifestations. This work had as a purpose to characterize hermeneutics through an epistemological route in which, in different opportunities, allows to watch its multiple fi elds of application, resulting in a refl ection on the educational ground.

Palavras-chave : hermeneutics; epistemology; education.