[Dialectic hermeneutics: a way of thinking in nursing research]. / Hermenêutica dialética: um caminho de pensamento na investigação em enfermagem.

This paper is a theoretical study about dialectic and hermeneutics union and the possibility of its application as a "way of thinking" in nursing research. For this, we retake its origin and discussion at the present time, as well as the theoretical postulates that gives it foundation, looking forward on expanding the horizons in nursing investigation.