Specific character and functional potential of social and humanitarian cognition methods

Abstract

This article is aimed to demonstrate specific character of socio-humanitarian methods of cognition. The author emphasizes their modified character, their dependence on the researcher who specializes on society and the researcher who specializes on humanitarian sciences, their target orientation. The whole range of methods of social and humanitarian cognition available is viewed. More emphasis is made on hermeneutics and synergetic methods of research. Basic functional features of methods of social and humanitarian cognition are investigated. The author gives proofs of their significance because they are directed to understanding of the unique, individual and unmatched in the society. © 2013 IDOSI Publications.