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Text Interpretation as a Scientific Activity

Mantzavinos, C. (2014) Text Interpretation as a Scientific Activity. Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 45. pp. 45-58. ISSN 0925-4560

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Abstract

One way to show that text interpretation can be treated as a scientific problem is to show that the standards that are currently used in the natural sciences when dealing with problems not involving meaningful material can also be successfully employed in the case of text interpretation. These standards involve (but are not confined to) intersubjective intelligibility, testability with the use of evidence, rational argumentation, and making methodological decisions aiming at the attainment of truth, accuracy, simplicity and other epistemic values. In the case of text interpretation – despite the fact that we deal with meaningful material – hypotheses can be formulated, consequences can be drawn by deduction, and these can be tested against empirical data. This claim is substantiated by the provision of an exampl of a scientific text.


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Item Type: Published Article or Volume
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Mantzavinos, C.cmantzavinos@phs.uoa.gr
Keywords: Hypothetico-Deductive Method; Text Interpretation; Testability; Rational Argumentation
Subjects: General Issues > Confirmation/Induction
General Issues > Evidence
General Issues > Theory/Observation
Depositing User: Dr. Chrysostomos Mantzavinos
Date Deposited: 15 Nov 2020 05:29
Last Modified: 15 Nov 2020 05:29
Item ID: 18396
Journal or Publication Title: Journal for General Philosophy of Science
Publisher: Springer (Springer Science+Business Media B.V.)
Subjects: General Issues > Confirmation/Induction
General Issues > Evidence
General Issues > Theory/Observation
Date: 2014
Page Range: pp. 45-58
Volume: 45
ISSN: 0925-4560
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18396

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