Look up: Verstehen

1. Verstehen
   Max Weber used this word to describe the study of intersubjectivity, involving an attempt to understand the meaning of social action from the actor's viewpoint.
   Found on http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~hsstcfs/glos
   
   
2. Verstehen
   (from the article `history, philosophy of`) ...to rational assessment of the sort properly demanded within any legitimate branch of empirical investigation. It is for this reason, together with ...
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/v/17
   
   
3. Verstehen
   `Verstehen` () is an ordinary German word with exactly the same meaning as the English word "understand". However, since the late 19th century in the context of German philosophy and social sciences, it has also been used in the special sense of "interpretive or participatory examinat...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verstehen