Is there Truth in Interpretation? A framework for correctness in the interpretive domain based on the work of Joseph Raz
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-7547.hd.2024.205343Keywords:
Interpretation, Truth, Joseph Raz, Epistemology, Analytic PhilosophyAbstract
This article aims at articulating a correctness criterium to interpretive propositions about a given object based on the fundamentals of Joseph Raz's work regarding the theory of interpretation and moral philosophy. It is depicted a problem situation in which many individuals contend over the best interpretation of a surrealist painting. In sequence, central premises of the razian thought are outlined and the model of parameters for evaluating interpretations is presented, grounded in a minimum level of correspondence with the interpreted object and in a degree of fostering of the targeted value by means of that modality of interpretive activity. At the end, the refered model is applied to settle on a reasoned basis the dispute first described.
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