Limits of Rightness

Informationen zum Autor Michael Krausz is the Milton C. Nahm Professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at Bryn Mawr College. Klappentext Do cultural artifacts admit of only one single admissible interpretation? Or do they admit of several admissible interpretations? If so, do such multiple interpretations arise only in connection with the material world? And what is the relation between su Zusammenfassung Do cultural artifacts admit of only one single admissible interpretation? Or do they admit of several interpretations? This book considers the conditions under which singularism obtains! multiplism obtains and where neither singularism nor multiplism obtains interpretation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Ideals of Interpretation:Singularism versus Multiplism Chapter 3 A Multiplist and an Example: Margolis and the Kiefer Paintings Chapter 4 That Which Is Interpreted Chapter 5 Realism and Constructivism Chapter 6 Toward a Constructive Realism Chapter 7 Constructive Realists (I): Harre Chapter 8 Constructive Realists (II): Harrison and Hanna, and Wallner Chapter 9 Constructive Realists (III): Putnam and Gupta Chapter 10 Constructive Realists (IV): Margolis Chapter 11 Questions about Indeterminacy and Identity Chapter 12 Aims of Interpretation Chapter 13 Two Soteriologies Chapter 14 Life Paths and Projects Chapter 15 Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Michael Krausz
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2001
• EAN: 9780742511699
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1169-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Philosophy and the Global Context; Philosophy and the Global Cont; Philosophy and the Global Context; Philosophy and the Global Cont
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology