Making Sense
A Theory of Interpretation
1st Edition
Published on 22. February 2000
128 pages
978-1-4616-3908-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-1-4616-3908-4 (9781461639084)
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Person
Paul Thom is dean of arts at Australian National University.
Content
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
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
