Psychoanalysis is unquestionably a form of hermeneutics. Freud's method, along with his conceptualization of understanding as being established in language between two people, locates interpretation at the core of psychoanalysis. While its status as a natural or social science is problematic, the congruity of Freud's ideas with those of modern hermeneutics on self-reflection, meaning, and validity allow us to see psychoanalysis as paradigmatic for disciplines concerned with increasing self-understanding and understanding between people by interpretation of what is latent, unconscious, or poorly understood.