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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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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| Keywords: | Hypothetico-Deductive Method; Text Interpretation; Testability; Rational Argumentation | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Theory/Observation |
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| 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 |
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| 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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