Paul Thom

Making Sense (eBook, ePUB)

A Theory of Interpretation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2000
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461639084
• Artikelnr.: 39412836

Autorenporträt

Paul Thom is dean of arts at Australian National University.

Inhaltsangabe

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