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January 16, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Opinion and Perspective: An Epistemological Analysis from Hermeneutics, Analytic Epistemology, and Contemporary Perspectivism.

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AGAlexander L Gomez Gonzalez

Key Points

  • This article aims to analyze the interplay between opinion and perspective from various epistemological viewpoints.
  • Theoretical-conceptual design suitable for the humanities.
  • Interdisciplinary integration of hermeneutics, analytic epistemology, and social epistemology.
  • Model development based on key thinkers like Gadamer and Putnam.
  • Opinion is framed as a situated epistemic act rather than an isolated judgment.
  • Perspective dynamically evolves through the historical accumulation of opinions.
  • The interrelation of opinion and perspective offers insights into judgment formation across disciplines.

Abstract

This article analyzes the relationship between opinion and perspective through an interdisciplinary approach that integrates hermeneutics, analytic epistemology, social epistemology, and scientific perspectivism. Drawing on the work of Gadamer, Putnam, Quine, Goldman, Fricker, and Massimi, it proposes a recursive model in which opinion is understood as a situated epistemic act and perspective as a dynamic system that articulates historical horizons, conceptual schemes, belief networks, cognitive processes, and social structures. The study follows a theoretical‑conceptual design appropriate for the humanities and adapted to the IMRaD format. The results show that opinion is not an isolated judgment but an update of perspective, and that perspective is transformed through the historical accumulation of opinions. The article concludes that the co‑constitution of opinion and perspective provides a robust framework for understanding judgment formation in scientific, social, and hermeneutical contexts.

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Alexander L Gomez Gonzalez (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6969d4dc940543b977709bechttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18238085
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