Hermeneutyka a narracja

The thesis of this article is a conviction that narration as a research method can be stabilised methodologically by the means of making a reference to the whole process of bringing the hermeneutic tradition into existence. This will allow us, first of all, to defy criticism from the side of naturalistic trends; secondly – to emphasise a particular position of psychology in the opposition of humanities and science; and thirdly – to draw detailed procedures of the comprehension process. The aim of this article was to point out that narration cannot exist without the support of hermeneutics, even if it is defined under cognitive constructivism, because the methodological stabilisation of this psychological trend requires justification of the importance of people’s narration about their history as a text for interpretation. Thus, if a narrative story is treated as a text, then hermeneutics procedures can be applied.