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Limits of Rightness
Michael Krausz
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Description for Limits of Rightness
Paperback. Do cultural artifacts admit of only one single admissible interpretation? Or do they admit of several interpretations? This book considers the conditions under which singularism obtains, multiplism obtains and where neither singularism nor multiplism obtains interpretation. Series: Philosophy and the Global Context. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 10. Weight in Grams: 255.
Do cultural artifacts admit of only one single admissible interpretation? Or do they admit of several admissible interpretations? If so, do such multiple interpretations arise only in connection with the material world? And what is the relation between such ideals of interpretation and the ontology of their objects? In this searching book Krausz considers the conditions under which singularism obtains (where one and only one interpretation is admissible), the conditions under which multiplism obtains (where more than one interpretation is admissible), and, finally the conditions under which neither singularism nor multiplism obtain, hence the "limits of rightness." When considering the ... Read more
Do cultural artifacts admit of only one single admissible interpretation? Or do they admit of several admissible interpretations? If so, do such multiple interpretations arise only in connection with the material world? And what is the relation between such ideals of interpretation and the ontology of their objects? In this searching book Krausz considers the conditions under which singularism obtains (where one and only one interpretation is admissible), the conditions under which multiplism obtains (where more than one interpretation is admissible), and, finally the conditions under which neither singularism nor multiplism obtain, hence the "limits of rightness." When considering the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Philosophy and the Global Context
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742511699
SKU
V9780742511699
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About Michael Krausz
Michael Krausz is the Milton C. Nahm Professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at Bryn Mawr College.
Reviews for Limits of Rightness
This is an important book. Anyone who worries about issues centering on realism and relativism will benefit from the precision and elegance with which Krausz lays out issues and the infrastructure of discussions of them. . . Anyone engaged by this topic will be enthralled by Limits of Rightness.
Marcia Muelder Eaton
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Marcia Muelder Eaton
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