On Interpretative Activity: A Peircian Approach to the Interpretation of Science, Technology and the Arts - Hardcover

Book 5 of 24: Philosophy of History and Culture

Boulting, Noel

 
9789004154094: On Interpretative Activity: A Peircian Approach to the Interpretation of Science, Technology and the Arts
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004154094 ISBN 13: 9789004154094
Publisher: Brill, 2006

Synopsis

Using the ideas of the American scientist and philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce, three conceptions of interpretation can be distinguished: the Iconic, the Indexical and the Intellective. This trichotomy is based on Peirce’s use of his sign theory and his logic of scientific discovery. The Iconic captures what is valuable in itself for an individual interpreter as opposed to the Indexical which is available for public appreciation as an outcome beyond Interpretative activities. The Intellective extends the Iconic to include the interpretative activities of groups of interpreters employing appropriate methods of inquiry in a more rigorous and rational way. Such distinctions can be used in confronting certain problems in science, technology and the arts.

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About the Author

Noel E. Boulting BA. Birkbeck College, University of London (1972); M.Sc. London School of Economics (1975); Ac. Dip. Institute of Education, University of London (1967). Author of To Be or Not to Be Philosophical (Peterborough: Upfront Pub., 2003).

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Publisher
Brill
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004154094
ISBN 13 
9789004154094
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
180