Making Sense

A Theory of Interpretation

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Making Sense

A Theory of Interpretation

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Critics and artists (including performing artists) claim the title of 'interpreter' for themselves. Scientists do not so readily describe themselves in this way. But is the formulation of explanatory hypotheses in science so different from the interpretive work of artists? Making Sense recognizes that whenever interpretation occurs there may be a plurality of competing successful interpretations. It offers a philosophical theory that views the interpretive enterprise as an attempt to make sense of things by representing them in ways that can be accommodated within various significance-systems.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 1 Data and Difficulties: The La Scala Eracle, Lavoisier's Oxygen, and Various People's Shakespeare
Chapter 3 2 Structure: Schikaneder's Flugwerk, Gilda's Body, and Horowitz's Liszt
Chapter 4 3 Process: Greek Meteorology, The Potato Eaters, and Madonna's "Fever"
Chapter 5 4 Kinds
Chapter 6 5 General Rules: The Uninspired Archaeologist and Freud's Macbeth
Chapter 7 6 Special Rules: The Offstage Piano and Elvis's "Hound Dog"
Chapter 8 7 Conclusions
Chapter 9 Bibliography
Chapter 10 Index
Chapter 11 About the Author

Product details

Published Feb 22 2000
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 128
ISBN 9780847697830
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions 229 x 146 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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