The folk etymology places the origin (Greek: hermeneutike) with Hermes, the mythological Greek deity whose role is that of messenger of the Gods.[3] Besides being mediator between the gods themselves, and between the gods and humanity, he leads souls to the underworld upon death. He is also considered the inventor of language and speech, an interpreter, a liar, a thief and a trickster
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Computing Science, Glasgow University, United Kingdom
A new word or experience is understood in relation to, and within, language and history. This endless process of seeing the part in and through the whole is the hermeneutic circle.
The citation with which I opened this paper is taken from 'The Computer as a Communication Device', a paper co-authored by J.C.R. Licklider with Robert Taylor in 1968 during Taylor's tenure as the head of the Information Processing Techniques Office at ARPA, as a call for funding to bridge research in time-sharing systems and standalone computer consoles