Interpretation and Construction Art, Speech, and the Law

by Stecker, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780470776186
• ISBN10: 0470776188
• Edition: 1st
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-02-25
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Interpretation and Construction examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behavior, focusing primarily on issues in art, law, and everyday speech.

• Focuses on artistic interpretation, but also includes extended discussion of interpretation of the law and everyday speech and communication.
  
• Written by one of the leading theorists of interpretation.
  
• Theoretical discussions are consistently centered around examples for ease of comprehension.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

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 Ontological Claims.

5. Radical Constructivism.

6. Moderate and Historical Constructivism.

7. Interpretation and Construction in the Law.

8. Relativism v. Pluralism.

References.

Index.