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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 such ideals of interpretation and the ontology of their objects? In this searching book Krausz considers the conditions under which singularism obtains (where one and only one interpretation is admissible), the conditions under which multiplism obtains (where more than one interpretation is admissible), and, finally the conditions under which neither singularism nor multiplism obtain, hence the 'limits of rightness.' When considering the relation between interpretive ideals and the ontology of interpreted objects, Krausz explores and develops varieties of realism, constructivism, and constructive realism. Finally, Krausz extends the notions of singularism and mutliplism to directional life paths and projects. In the course of his treatment Krausz considers such diverse examples as the paintings of Anselm Kiefer, Cristo's Wrapped Reichstag, Indian burial rites, Hindu and Buddhist soteriologies, as well as middle-sized objects and sub-atomic particles. And he considers contributions of such thinkers as John Searle, Nelson Goodman, Rom Harre, Bernard Harrison and Patricial Hanna, Fritz Wallner, Hilary Putnam, Chhanda Gupta, Joseph Margolis, David Norton, and Martha Nussbaum.

Table of Contents

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

Published 30 May 2002
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 192
ISBN 9780585379555
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Series Philosophy and the Global Context
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Michael Krausz

Michael Krausz is Milton C. Nahm Professor of Phil…

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