Interpretation and meaning in philosophy and religion / / edited by Dirk-Martin Gruber ; contributors John Gibson [and seven others].

• Superior document: Philosophy of History and Culture, Volume 35
• TeilnehmendeR: Grube, Dirk-Martin,; Gibson, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophy of history and culture ; Volume 35.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (199 pages).
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; On Why Interpretation is a Problem for Philosophy of Art /; The Ideals and Aim of Interpretation /; Overcoming Dualism: Textual Meaning Discovered and Invented /; In Language, Beyond Words: Literary Interpretation and the Verbal Imagination /; Interpretation, Literature and Meaning Scepticism /; Characteristic Features of the Interpretation of Religious Texts: Applying Lamarque’s and Krausz’s Theorizing on Interpretation to Religion /; Lamarque’s Theory of Interpretation and the Practice of Interpreting Biblical Texts: The Case for Semi-generic Interpretation /; Some Reflections on Michael Krausz’s Account of Meaning and Interpretation /; Index /
• ISBN: 9004325247
• ISSN: 0922-6001
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Dirk-Martin Gruber ; contributors John Gibson [and seven others].

Interpretation and Meaning in Philosophy and Religion synthesizes cutting-edge philosophical reflections on interpretation with their application to religion. For this, new theoretical insights on interpretation by Krausz, Lamarque, Leddy, Hagberg, and Gibson are examined. Topics cover multiplism (i.e. interpretative pluralism), the goal of interpretation and its starting point. These concepts are then studied in relation to the practice of interpreting religious texts. For example, Grube proposes that the action-relevance of religious interpretations limits the possibility of tolerating divergent interpretations, Karrer-Grube challenges Lamarque’s insistence on a firm starting point, and Gokhale challenges Krausz by arguing that Vedantic practices of interpretation are non-multiplist.