Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. PART I
5. 1 The Sun Also Rises: Incompatible Interpretations 9
6. 2 ‘‘One and Only One Correct Interpretation’’ 26
7. 3 Rightness and Success in Interpretation 45
8. 4 Intentionality, Meaning, and Open-Endedness of Interpretation 63
9. 5 Are There Definitive Interpretations 76
10. PART II
11. 6 Against Critical Pluralism 101
12. 7 Interpretation and Its Objects 122
13. 8 Constructive Realism and the Question of Imputation 145
14. 9 Interpretation and the Ontology of Art 159
15. 10 Can Novel Critical Interpretations Create Art Objects Distinct from Themselves 181
16. PART III
17. 11 The Literary Work as a Pliable Entity: Combining Realism and Pluralism 211
18. 12 The Multiple Interpretability of Musical Works 231
19. 13 Right Answers: Dworkin’s Jurisprudence 251
20. 14 Truth in Interpretation: A Hermeneutic Approach 264
21. 15 Appreciation and Literary Interpretation 285
22. PART IV
23. 16 Hypothetical Intentionalism: Statement, Objections, and Replies 309
24. 17 Andy Kaufman and the Philosophy of Interpretation 319
25. 18 Whose Play Is It? Does It Matter 345
26. 19 Tossed Salad: Ontology and Identity 360
27. 20 Wittgenstein and the Question of True Self-Interpretation 381
28. Contributors 407
29. Index 411