s, to dictate a unique substantive conclusion to many sorts of scientific questions" (Kuhn, 1962, p. 3). When faith could no longer explain the evidence of geological and biological anomalies, the structure of knowledge reorganized around evolutionary theory. When faith could no longer explain away observations and inferences made by Kepler, Copernicus, and Galileo, with and without the aid of their instruments, the structure of knowledge had to be transformed from a universe predicated of faith toward a universe predicated of natural law (Kuhn, 1962; Ihde, 1990).
In other words, when events and new information overtake theory (i.e., what we think we know), then the task becomes one of seeking newer, better, or clearer interpretations of apparent fact. From the standpoint of hermeneutics, the relevant point is that methodology and context have an impact on questions, research processes, and conclusions. This role of methodology suggests that one of the strengths of hermeneutics is that it acknowledges the role of m
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