Investigating The Concept of Game According to Gadamer’s Philosophical Hermeneutics and Exploring Its Implications in The Acquisition of Consciousness/Understanding

پژوهش نامه مبانی تعلیم و تربیت

Article 1, Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2014, Pages 51-68   

Document Type: پژوهشی

DOI: 10.22067/fe.v4i2.23829

Authors

mazhar babaee^{* 1}; Yahya Ghaey¹; Saied Zarghami Hamrah¹; Amir Nasri²

¹Kharazmi University

²University of Allameh Tabatabaee

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to investigate the concept of game according to Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics and its implications in the acquisition of consciousness/understanding as educational concepts. A descriptive, conceptual and comparative analysis methodology has been applied to meet this goal. The results proved that applying Gadamer’s game theory, and its follow-up(subsequent) Gadamerian dialog-i.e. dialog via the unbiased dialog game- is an appropriate method in facilitating learning. This can be a decisive step toward enhancing the learners’ consciousness,which isthe prerequisite of education through understanding, making sense of, translating, and interpreting the (con)text.

Keywords

Hermeneutics; philosophical hermeneutics; Gadamer; Game concept; Education; Consciousness/Understanding; Student

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