Lavine was one of the earliest American philosophers to develop the perspective on the Hermeneutic (interpretive) turn in contemporary philosophy with her early studies "Knowledge as Interpretation" published in 1950.Thelma Lavine "Knowledge as Interpretation: An Historical Survey", Parts 1 & 2, in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Vol. X. No. 4, and Vol. XI, No. 1. These essays were reworked in an extensive study with Victorino Tejera in the volume History and Anti-History in Philosophy."The Interpretive Turn from Kant to Derrida: A Critique", Lavine, T.Z. and Tejera, V (Eds.) History and Anti-History in Philosophy. Nijhoff International Philosophy Series Volume 34, by Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1989, pp. 32-121.
