Making Sense: A Theory of Interpretation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780847697830)

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.

Author: Paul Thom
ISBN-10: 0847697835
ISBN-13: 9780847697830
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 02/22/2000
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.98h x 5.84w x 0.47d