0046 Test four.

Is there a role for hermeneutics in research in the social sciences?

0047 One opportunity is suggested at the end of the prior blog.

Let me go through a simple example.

I start with a mind-independent noumenon, named “methyl-salicylic acid”.  This chemical, when ingested, produces certain phenomena_1a that may be observed and measured_2a according to a pharmacological science_2a.

0048 Here is a picture of the relevant hands-on natural science.

0049 This feature of modern living_1a may be situated by Husserl’s project_3b.

0050 The noumenon_1b is “aspirin”.

Aspirin_1b is a subjective being_1b that is objectified by its phenomena_1a.  The subjective becomes intersubjective, especially with the proper marketing.  This intersubjective being_1b commands consensus, to the extent that it_1b seems to be suprasubjective, that is, mind independent (in principle, rather than in instance).  Then, if the consensus permits, this noumenon_1b overlays the originating noumenon_1a, triggering the construction of a novel social science_2a, investigating phenomena_1a that objectify this noumenon_1a(1b).

0051 The hypothetical journal, Innovations in Aspirin, publishes research articles_2a examining a wide variety of topics concerning the uses (and abuses) of aspirin_1a(1b).  Each article reports_2a and models_2a phenomena_1a that objectify a novel social noumenon_1a(1b).