Title
Interpretation and the investigative concept of criticism
Abstract
My subject is the popular view in philosophy that a work of art is essentially a bundle of meanings and that one of the main charges of the art critic, therefore, is to interpret art. The version of the view that I will address is the one that we find in the philosophy of Arthur Danto, along with supporting arguments from Monroe Beardsley and Richard Wollheim. My critique develops lines of argument hinted at, but never fully developed by Susan Sontag, in her seminal essay “Against Interpretation.”
Department(s)
Philosophy
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/0969725X.2012.671635
Publication Date
3-1-2012
Recommended Citation
Kaufman, Daniel A. "Interpretation and the 'Investigative' concept of criticism." Angelaki 17, no. 1 (2012): 3-12.
Journal Title
Angelaki - Journal of the Theoretical Humanities
