The Epistemology of Reading and Interpretation

ISBN-13: 9781009016360 / Miękka / 2023 / 252 str.

Amsterdam) van Woudenberg Rene (Vrije Universiteit

Opis

This book explores the ways in which reading and textual interpretation function as sources of knowledge.

Recenzje

'This is an excellent book. In clear and careful prose René van Woudenberg sets out the case for treating reading as a unique source of knowledge.' Richard Gaskin, Philosophical Psychology

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Knowing and reading; 2. Reading and understanding; 3. Sources of knowledge and their individuation; 4. Why reading doesn't reduce either to attending to testimony or to perception; 5. Reading as a source of knowledge; 6. The objects of reading are the products of writing; 7. Texts, meanings, and interpretation; 8. Knowledge through interpretation (1): Allegory, difficulty, and disambiguation; 9. Knowledge through interpretation (2): Holism, reconstruction, externalism, and reader response.