Interpretation and Construction examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behavior, focusing primarily on issues in art, law, and everyday speech.
* Focuses on artistic interpretation, but also includes extended discussion of interpretation of the law and everyday speech and communication.
* Written by one of the leading theorists of interpretation.
* Theoretical discussions are consistently centered around examples for ease of comprehension.
Table des matières
Preface and Acknowledgements.
1. Interpreting the Everyday.
2. Art Interpretation: the Central Issues.
3. A Theory of Art Interpretation: Substantive Claims.
4. A Theory of Art Interpretation: Conceptual and Ontological
Claims.
5. Radical Constructivism.
6. Moderate and Historical Constructivism.
7. Interpretation and Construction in the Law.
8. Relativism v. Pluralism.
References.
Index.
A propos de l’auteur
Robert Stecker is Professor of Philosophy at Central Michigan University. He is the author of Artworks: Definition, Meaning, Value and many articles in aesthetics, the philosophy of language, and the history of modern philosophy.