Hermeneutics and Epistemology: On the Epistemological Turn of Hermeneutics

The epistemological turn in hermeneutics, recognized today, offers a plural interpretation of the relationship between epistemology and hermeneutics as a discipline which each have a specific approach and a legitimate domain. Faced with a desire to substitute hermeneutics for epistemology or a dissolution of their legitimate domain, due to a hermeneutic added value within the framework of the theory of knowledge, under the pretext of calling into question exclusion of the subjective consciousness that scientific epistemology operates and that hermeneutics claims, one could not cherish either the dream, with an antagonistic gaze, or that of compatibility, between hermeneutics and epistemology, if not that of an inclusion which hardly signifies identity, in the theory of contemporary knowledge. Also, this article attempts to articulate the different perspectives of this report to identify what constitutes its value efficient.