Pluralism and Understanding
Pluralism and Understanding
Critical Pluralism is the thesis that artworks admit of alternative, equally acceptable (”correct”) interpretations, some of which are incompatible with others; it asserts that if there is a way to get an artwork right, then there are many ways. This chapter explores several likely strategies in support of Critical Pluralism. The issue is approached by exploring parallel puzzles concerning the metaphysics of linguistic meaning, specifically the applicability of Quine's arguments for the indeterminacy of translation to artworld interpretation: there are enough points of contact between artworld interpretation and natural language translation to render such explorations illuminating.
Keywords: factual vs. normative, indeterminacy of translation, interpretation, monism, pluralism, Quine, meaning, semantics
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