The Epistemology of Reading and Interpretation
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- Paperback
254 pages
- Release Date
19 October 2023
Summary
Reading and textual interpretation are ordinary human activities, performed inside as well as outside academia, but precisely how they function as unique sources of knowledge is not well understood.
In this book, René van Woudenberg explores the nature of reading and how it is distinct from perception and (attending to) testimony, which are two widely acknowledged knowledge sources. After distinguishing seven accounts of interpretation, van Woudenberg discusses the question of whether…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781009016360 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1009016369 |
| Author: | René van Woudenberg |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 254 |
| Release Date: | 19 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 373g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 13mm |
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‘Recommended.’ C. Elgin, CHOICE‘This is an excellent book. In clear and careful prose René van Woudenberg sets out the case for treating reading as a unique source of knowledge.’ Richard Gaskin, Philosophical Psychology‘The book as a whole provides fresh perspectives, numerous very useful distinctions, thought-provoking theses (most of which I agree with) and arguments.’ Maria Elisabeth Reicher, Grazer Philosophische Studien‘Besides being thoroughly analytical in nature, Van Woudenberg’s way of philosophizing is also strongly commonsensical. I find his approach convincing and inspiring…’ Gert van den Brink, Journal of Reformed Theology
About The Author
René van Woudenberg
René van Woudenberg is Professor of Philosophy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Director of the Abraham Kuyper Center for Science and the Big Questions. He is co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Common-Sense Philosophy (with Rik Peels, Cambridge, 2020) and Scientism: Prospects and Problems (with Rik Peels and Jeroen de Ridder, 2018).
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