This article aims to briefly review the major hermeneutic approaches involved with the interpretation of texts and speeches in order to establish the boundaries of the incidence of this subject on the field of psychoanalytical, theoretical research. It defines the different forms of psychoanalysis research and shows how developments in hermeneutics change the comprehension of the epistemological status of the psychoanalytical field of knowledge. It presents and discusses the methodological designs on theoretical research proposed by Laplanche and Figueiredo. Its conclusion demonstrates the approximation of the psychoanalytical method applied to texts and speeches with contemporary perspectives in hermeneutics. It also proposes a specific approach for historical-conceptual and epistemological research in the field of psychoanalysis.
Hermeneutics; Psychoanalysis research methods; Psychoanalysis