Stecker Interpretation and Construction

Art, Speech, and the Law
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-77703-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: New Directions in Aesthetics

Interpretation and Construction examines the interpretationand products of intentional human behavior, focusing primarily onissues in art, law, and everyday speech.
* * Focuses on artistic interpretation, but also includes extendeddiscussion of interpretation of the law and everyday speech andcommunication.
* Written by one of the leading theorists ofinterpretation.
* Theoretical discussions are consistently centered aroundexamples for ease of comprehension.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stecker, Robert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements.
1. Interpreting the Everyday.
2. Art Interpretation: the Central Issues.
3. A Theory of Art Interpretation: Substantive Claims.
4. A Theory of Art Interpretation: Conceptual and OntologicalClaims.
5. Radical Constructivism.
6. Moderate and Historical Constructivism.
7. Interpretation and Construction in the Law.
8. Relativism v. Pluralism.
References.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Stecker is Professor of Philosophy at Central Michigan University. He is the author of Artworks: Definition, Meaning, Value and many articles in aesthetics, the philosophy of language, and the history of modern philosophy.