Is There a Single Right Interpretation?

by Michael Krausz

Is there a single right interpretation for such cultural phenomena as works of literature, visual artworks, works of music, the self, and legal and sacred texts? In these essays, almost all written especially for this volume, twenty leading philosophers pursue different answers to this question by examining the nature of interpretation and its objects and ideals.

The fundamental conflict between positions that universally require the ideal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271021837
• ISBN13: 9780271021836
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 423 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"